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Power Quality

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Summary

Power quality has become an important concern within the utility industry. An understanding of power quality is especially important to field workers who come into contact with the public.

This 25-minute DVD describes what power quality is, discusses basic power quality issues and how they affect customers, and looks at what a utility can do to solve power quality problems.

Training Sessions

  • Basic Concepts – 8 minutes
    Identifies major areas of power quality. Identifies sources of power quality problems and describes the effects of each.

  • Power Quality and the Customer – 8 minutes
    Identifies several types of power line conditioners. Describes residential and commercial concerns about power quality.

  • Power Quality and the Utility – 9 minutes
    Describes preventive measures utility workers can take to help prevent power quality problems. Describes equipment that can be used to detect and analyze power quality problems. Demonstrates how a typical power quality trouble call can be handled by utility representatives.

Support Materials Available

Student workbook, instructor guide.