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Proper Grounding and Bonding Saves Thousands of Dollars at Ohio Safety Complex

By Copper Development Association Inc.

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CASE STUDY • Copper Development Association Inc.

Proper Grounding and Bonding Saves Thousands of Dollars at Ohio Safety Complex The Medina, Ohio’s Public Safety Complex is housed in the city hall. Improper electrical grounding and bonding caused expensive equipment failures and took the city’s vital emergency communications system offline.

Patrick J. Berarducci is the chief of police for Medina, Ohio, a city of 28,000 residents located about an hour’s drive south of Cleveland. The city’s safety complex, (cover photo) which includes fire, police and emergency dispatch, also serves neighboring municipalities of Medina Township and Montville, and as an ambulance service for the Cleveland Clinic, bringing the complex’s total population base to nearly 50,000.

Berarducci was appointed chief in 2009 and soon realized he had some minor electrical problems on his hands including outlets that were taped over and fans that were out of service. The chief contacted Nino Piccoli, Medina’s service director, who

called in the city’s building inspectors. The inspectors reported that the circuits in the sensitive dispatch center were intermingled with noncritical circuits and that the center was underwired with sub-sized conductors.

“We didn’t realize the extent of our problem because we had, in the past, paid good money to electrical ‘experts’ who represented themselves as professionals, and who had worked on our system before,” Berarducci said. “They never told us about the true extent of our electrical problems.”

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Figure 1: The Medina safety complex’s antenna tower often attracted lightning, most notably during a large storm in 2013.

Unfortunately, the tower was inadequately grounded, a serious discrepancy that enabled lightning energy to enter the safety complex, where it destroyed communications and other sensitive electronic equipment.

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“Our building inspectors also examined our circuits and after that we thought we were getting into pretty good shape,” Piccoli said. “Then disaster struck. We suffered a catastrophic loss one night in 2013 during a bad storm. Lightning struck our tower (Figure 1). We lost two-thirds of our dispatch center. Our emergency service workers had to communicate — if they could communicate at all — by using their laptops and portable radios. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to see that an electrical surge had entered our system. Ironically, the department had just completed an upgrade to its grounding system, but the company who installed it maintained that a surge wasn’t our problem.”

The complex experienced over $20,000 worth of damages from the lightning strike.

It took out Ethernet cards in one server, and

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then cascaded to other cards in four or five other computers and three radio consoles.

“But the ongoing problem with electrical surges is that they weaken the system and things start to fail later on. It’s difficult to collect for damages then,” Baraducci said. “Beyond that was our loss of service.

We had three dispatch stations and now, with that strike, we were down to one!

Thank God we didn’t have a catastrophe while we were down.”

“Our bigger loss was the computers in the detective bureau, including a server we relied on for historical information,” Zaremba said.

Sergeant Darrin Zaremba, a Medina police officer who spent much of his 20-year career in charge of the city’s IT networks, said that he can recall the times before computers, when what was then considered a major event consisted of a cleaning crew taking down the dispatch center by plugging a vacuum cleaner into a sensitive circuit. Things are different now, he said, but that minor incident told him the center was already having problems. Continued on page 8

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CASE STUDY • Copper Development Association Inc.

Figure 3: A copper grounding busbar on the tower (center of photo) connects grounded shields on waveguides and coax cable shields serving various antennas (smaller-diameter cables). The large-diameter, vertical green grounding cable visible at the far lower left corner connects the busbar with the three driven electrodes and the buried copper ring ground surrounding the tower.

Figure 2: Equipment on adjacent IT server racks (at left) and radio racks (at right) suffered major damage from the 2013 lightning strike. It is believed that the racks shared a CAT-5 Ethernet cable to a time-synching computer.

When lightning energy entered the building due to grossly inadequate (and incorrect) grounding and lightning protection, the shared CAT-5 cable provided a path for that energy to damage both the IT and communications systems.

tower (Figure 3). The surge probably jumped to the CAT-5 cable and then took out five Ethernet ports on the IT side, four of which were on detective computers. The radio rack and its equipment also took the hit, of course.”

It is important to note that racking on the IT server side was appropriately grounded.

The fatal deficiency was that grounding on the radio side was improperly installed by a “Our bigger loss was the computers in different vendor. the detective bureau, including a server we relied on for historical information,” Finally, a Grounding Zaremba said. “Without that server, detec- Professional tives weren’t able to do things as simple as Piccoli called in Tim Cookson, a senior send and receive an email or look up back- electrical engineer with 25 years of experiground information and other typical de- ence at PowerEdge Technologies, Inc., a tective functions.” consulting engineer and licensed electrical Zaremba explained how he believes the contractor in the state of Ohio who had perdamage probably progressed. “Our IT and formed a Power Quality Survey and radio equipment components are mounted grounding corrective work for the municion separate racks (Figure 2). The ground- pality in 2004. ing in our server rooms was, at the time, Through an audit, Cookson concluded mostly on our radio racks, which were in- that the tower and communications cables stalled by one vendor. Unfortunately, my were never properly grounded,” said Pic(IT-based) dispatch racks were tied to that coli. When the strike hit the tower, the surge radio rack since we shared an Ethernet ca- was able to travel from the tower to the IT ble to a time-synching computer on the ra- and communications racks and onward dio rack. So, in effect, the radio racks were through the system. It blew out two radio grounded to our computers on our IT rack, computers in dispatch, damaged other elecwhich, it turns out, was installed by a dif- trical appliances, plus computers in our ferent vendor. server rack and some other radios.

“We shared that time-synching computer Cookson first inspected the grounding on the radio rack via a standard CAT-5 Eth- system at the base of the center’s threeernet cable. We suspect that the cable was legged lattice tower, Figure 4, and found draped across one of the antenna wires several serious issues. The tower had origicoming into the building from a copper nally been provided with two electrically grounding bar attached several yards up the separate grounding rods, which was in it8

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Figure 4: The base of the antenna tower is shown here after the upgrade. The tower had originally been fitted with two grounding rods, but the rods had corroded unevenly, giving rise to a difference in their ground impedances.

During the 2013 strike, lightning energy would have favored the lower-impedance rod, setting up a massive ground loop current in a circuit that included the interior grounding bar and the improperly grounded equipment racks shown in Figure 2.

Figure 5: A copper grounding bar located in the server room near the communications cabinets. The bar collects grounding cables from the tower and the police department side of the safety complex. The AWG 4/0 green wire at lower right in the figure connects to the main grounding bar shown in Figure 6.

self a deficiency. To make matters worse, the rods were made from a material that corroded unevenly, a condition that led to the rods having different ground impedances. Thus, when lightning struck the tower, its energy would naturally have favored the lower-impedance rod of the two.

In the process of seeking earth, the incoming energy would have set up a massive ground loop current that included both rods and an interior grounding bar (Figure 5) located behind the cabinets in the building’s communications room. Since — as Zaremba discovered earlier — the interior bar was also improperly connected directly to the equipment racks and to the main grounding bar (MGB), Figure 6, it was quite possible that Continued on page 12

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CASE STUDY • Copper Development Association Inc.

Figure 6: The complex’s main grounding (MGB) bar collects feeds from subsidiary bars located throughout the facility. The green cable at the top of the bar originates at the bar shown in Figure 5. The complex’ electrical service entrance at the left of the MGB and the water service entrance is at the right.

Figure 7A and 7B: New grounding connections at the tower base: 7a (left): exothermic welds bond grounding cables to one of the tower’s legs; 7b (right) exothermic welds also bond grounding cables with an extension of the buried copper ring ground.

“The advantage of using a grounding specialist or a professional engineer in situations like this is the ability to look at the global picture and not just rely on the knowledge of the equipment manufacturer,” Cookson said. lightning energy could flow from the tower to the interior bar and from there to the racks and downstream equipment.

“We accepted Mr. Cookson’s recommendations and set him to work,” Berarducci said. “I’ll say from the beginning, that we have not had a lightning-induced incident since Tim installed our copper system and fixed our grounding. So my first words of advice to any police chief is get away from your equipment vendors and go with grounding professionals. If you have an electrical grounding issue, go to an electrical engineer, not a radio salesman.”

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the tower would be directed directly to earth via the low resistance/impedance ring ground and electrodes at the tower base and not through paths that included sensitive electronic equipment. The complex’s computers, servers and critically important communications equipment were thereby taken out of danger.

“The advantage of using a grounding

specialist or a professional engineer in situations like this is the ability to look at the global picture and not just rely on the knowledge of the equipment manufacturer,” Cookson said. “Vendors might have knowledge of their equipment but they don’t necessarily know how they will interact with the communications system they’re connecting with, not to mention the total electrical and grounding systems involved with the structure. Grounding specialists see that big picture and know how to deal with it.”

Since the grounding system was upgraded, there have been no interruptions in communications and dispatch between the safety complex and the communities it serves. ❏

THE PRINCIPALS Patrick J. Berarducci has been chief of the Medina police department since 2009. He became aware of electrical problems at the safety center early-on and initiated the process that eventually solved the many grounding issues. He can be reached through www.medinaoh.org.

The Fix Cookson first replaced the existing rods with three copper-clad 10-feet x ¾-inch rods, all of which were bonded to the legs of the tower and to a new bare copper 4/0 copper ring ground that was installed around the tower (Figure 7a and 7b). The existing rods (and therefore the tower) had been connected to the interior collector bar shown in Figure 5, and a lead from that bar was (mistakenly) directed to the racks shown in Figure 2.

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Nino Piccoli is the service director for the city of Medina. He had concerns that the city’s safety center had serious grounding problems, so he brought in Tim Cookson, who found and successfully upgraded the complex’s grounding and lightning protection systems. He can be reached through www.medinaoh.org.

Sergeant Darrin Zaremba is a Medina police officer who has spent much of his 20-year career in charge of the city’s networks. He believes strongly that only professional engineers with specific experience in grounding and lightning protection should be entrusted with solving problems such as those found at the Medina center. Zaremba can be reached through www.medinaoh.org.

Tim Cookson is a senior electrical engineer with PowerEdge Technologies, an Ohio-based firm with more than two decades experience in grounding and lightning protection. He can be reached at 330494-7314 or cooksont@poweredgetech.com.

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Each year we choose what we believe are Top Products in the Electrical Industry market. This year is no different. The products and services chosen are each unique, beneficial and reliable in their own right. Having the ability to choose the tools and services that best fits your job description and your work style is what it’s all about. We hope you agree with our choices.

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The L452 communicates via USB or Bluetooth for configuration and data transfer to a PC. The unit can also be configured using its front panel through a simple multilingual user interface. Users can lock the keypad with the PC software to prevent unauthorized access. Alarms can be set on various measurements. DataView® software for data storage, real-time display, analysis, and report generation from a pre-defined or custom template is included. It has a ROD P magnetized rear panel or optional wall mount holster and desktop stand for mounting. The L452 operates on rechargeable batteries or can be powered from the USB cable.

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This Tow-able solar-tower is also equipped with an external AC plug in case you need some extra power for charging or powering some equipment.

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Cable Glydz centers, aligns, orientates and cradles your cable pull in such a way that it rarely, if ever touches the interior of the raceway itself.

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The new Hioki PQ3100 power quality analyzer provides a cost effective yet full featured approach to reliable power analysis. It provides single phase two wire to three phase 4 wire (including neutral phase) measurement for simultaneous AC/DC power parameter trending along with power anomaly capture capability. Voltage and current harmonics are also included as part of the parameter trending data. Quickset function walks the user through a 4 step connection to recording process. The newly designed AC/DC auto zero current sensors are powered by the PQ3100 eliminating the need for external sensor power supplies. Remote control and FTP data transfer is accomplished through a LAN connection. To facilitate the use of the unit, specially configured kits, provide main ROD P unit with rechargeable battery, AC adapter, voltage test leads, 8GB SD memory card, 4AC/DC current sensors, PQ One power quality analysis software, in a hard carrying case.

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Key Features: • Factory-bound with strong nylon binder • Continuous, sequential footage tape for accurate length determination • Each wire identified with alpha-numeric IDs over the entire length at every 2” • UL listed custom assemblies

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Dabmar Lighting is excited about the introduction of our latest outdoor LED post light. Our model# GM575-LED80 is one of the brightest and most cost effective options 2 for lighting walkways, parking lots and parks. With 80 watts of power that produces 016 over 8100 lumens, this unit is one of the most efficient post lights on the market. This fixture has a polyester powder coated finish that is available in black, bronze or verde green. A durable a cast aluminum construction makes sure this fixture is built to last in outdoor environments. Please consider using Dabmar Lighting for your next outdoor lighting project.

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Megger now offers an insulation and continuity tester that is rated at 2.5 kV. The MIT2500 offers accurate measurements up to 200 G .

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50 to 75 percent of U.S. home electrical fires are caused by arc fault conditions.

We at EZ BOX have not only developed a product line to solve this problem at the root cause, but we’ve also made the installation process much easier, and faster.

The ez Mount is the key product in our innovative system. It allows the installer to mount a box to a wood stud without the use of traditional fasteners, saving you time, and profit. The ez Mount is a “bracket” with a plastic tube protruding perpendicularly outward, wrapped in a steel sleeve. The bracket slides into our proprietary box, and acts as the fourth wall. To mount the box, simply slide the tube through a pre-drilled hole in the stud.

The ez Mount provides precise tool-free depth adjustment for common drywall thicknesses.

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Arc Flash Vented Hood Miller Safety Consultants has been a proud distributor of arc flash clothing manufactured by Otex Protective since 2000. We also distribute for Cementex USA insulated tools and equipment. We have partnered with Otex Protective since they are a leader of innovative products. Otex researches combinations of various cloth products to achieve a final clothing type that is light weight and meets the arc flash rating needed for various levels of user protection from the calories of heat that are generated by an arc flash incident.

Otex has now taken the arc flash vented hood in their PPE class 4 suit another step in safety. Their patent pending “ArcSense interruptor” is the latest advancement in PPE. Building on their current high-flow vented hood, they now have an arc heat sensor engineered into the hood assembly. This optional feature detects the heat from the flash and instantly causes the fan to cease operation keeping the toxic fumes from being vented into the breathing area of the employee. They also have an optional light on the top of the hood to provide additional lighting in the work area. This new hood (shown below) will be offered in the first quarter of 2017 giving the user 3 options: non-vented; vented and ArcSense Interruptor options.

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AEMC INSTRUMENTS IBC AMTECH PULLING GRIPS 34 BARRON LIGHTING GROUP 21 CABLE GLYDZ LLC 15 CONDUIT REPAIR SYSTEMS 4 COPPER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION 17 DABMAR LIGHTING 26 E-Z METER 26 ELITE COMPONENTS 11 EZ BOX ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS LLC BC FACILITY RESULTS 40 GARDNER BENDER 20 GENERATOR INTERLOCK TECHNOLOGIES 7 GREENSHINE NEW ENERGY LLC 35 HIOKI USA IFC, 9, 25 ITOOLCO 32 KIST CORPORATION 33 KRENZ & COMPANY 24 LIGHTBULBSCAFFOLD.COM 22

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