Electrical Grounding Resource Center
Electrical Grounding and Related Topics
A grounding system analysis or study is the evaluation of the grounding system in meeting its design objectives. In the power industry, the primary focus is addressing the aspect of personnel and public safety. IEEE Std 80 provides guidance for safety related to grounding in AC substations. This standard highlights the dangerous conditions that may occur during a ground fault that can severely or fatally injure individuals in the area or in contact with metallic objects.
Featured Grounding Resources
Video of the Month
Save Time with Rolling Sphere Lightning Protection Designs
The Rolling Sphere Method (RSM) is a methodology that is used to calculate lightning protection of exposed structures. RSM calculates the amount of exposed structure, its distance from the point at which lightning strikes ... Watch Video
GROUNDING ARTICLE
Lightning Protection Systems
Lightning is a spectacular display of electrical forces in nature and easily recognized by the general public to be potentially hazardous. The detailed work engineers provide to design lightning safety for facilities and various structures may not be as easily recognized. The purpose of this article is to promote knowledge related to lightning protection and the study of a lightning protection systems (LPS). In this article we illustrate XGSLab SHIELD module’s processes for evaluating an LPS.
Lightning Background
Within a cloud, electrostatic charge formation occurs resulting in electric fields that affects the electrical gradients of the Earth’s surface. Hundreds of kV per meter produce step leaders typically ... Read the full article
Learn More About Grounding
New - XGSLab and Grounding Analysis Course (Paid). This self-pace online class covers grounding system components, permissible voltage limits per IEEE Std 80, soil model development, fault current split, and more grounding analysis concepts to provide personnel and public safety at power systems. This course shows how to use the XGSLab® software to design and evaluate your grounding systems. The course includes 7 videos and 16 quizzes, takes 4-5 hours to finish, and offers 0.2 CEU credits (issued by IEEE). Info and registration
New - Quarterly Grounding Workshop. EasyPower is pleased to offer a new quarterly grounding workshop. This free two-hour workshop is given by David Lewis, an electrical engineer at EasyPower, and it provides an interactive demonstration for evaluating grounding systems to improve engineering tools and knowledge. Sign up for the next workshop here:
- Tuesday, November 2, 2021. 11:00am to 1:00pm - Eastern Time. Completed
- Wednesday, February 16, 2022. 8:00am to 10:00am - Pacific Time. Completed
- Wednesday, May 18, 2022. 8:00am to 10:00am - Pacific Time. Completed
- Wednesday, August 17, 2022. 8:00am to 10:00am - Pacific Time. Register Now / Download Brochure
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Designing Grounding Systems that Safely Disperse Lightning Current
This session, given by Ivan Grobbelaar, PE, Senior Engineer at DEHN Africa, illustrates the differences ...
An Introduction to Grounding Calculations and Why They Are Necessary
This webinar provides a basic introduction to grounding safety calculations (IEEE 80 step...Articles
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Grounding Analysis
Electrical grounding is a broad field, but with regard to the power industry a grounding (earthing) system analysis refe...
Types of Studies With XGSLab Software
The study of a metallic system (grounding electrodes) in the earth. Typical applications of this study ...Tutorials

XGSLab GSA Tutorial - A Grounding System Analysis Applying the
A XGSLab tutorial documentation for the GSA module incorporating the EN 50522 standard. In th...
XGSLab GSA FD Tutorial - A Grounding System Analysis Applying IEEE Std
This XGSLab tutorial documentation is for the GSA_FD module incorporating the IEEE 80...All Grounding Resources

XGSLab Version 10.1 Update Video

Save Time with Rolling Sphere Lightning Protection Designs

Lightning Protection Systems

Shining Daylight on Solar Facility Electrical Studies with EasyPower and XGSLab

FREE Intro to Grounding Analysis Book

Mitigating Lightning Related Risk on Photovoltaic Plants Using XGSLab

XGSA FD Tutorial

Grounding Analysis – Ground Fault Current

TD Animation

DXF import

Electromagnetic Simulation - Part 2 of 2

Electromagnetic Simulation - Part 1 of 2

Multilayer Soil

XGSLab Electromagnetic Simulation Software

XGSLab Debugging

XGSLab - New Conductor Management Using Libraries

XGSLab Drawing Tools

Transferred Voltage Hazards

XGSLab 10.0 Release Video

Bonded vs Isolated Lightning Protection Concepts & their Application to Explosive Areas

A Great Addition to My Offered Services

AC Interference in Shared Corridors

XGSLab Electromagnetic Simulation Software

XGSLab 9.6 Release Video - New Features

External Lightning Protection and Grounding to Reduce Stress in Photovoltaic Plants

XGSLab Version 9.6 Update Video

AC Interference in Shared Corridors

Cathodic Protection

Soil Resistivity Information and Field Testing

Evaluating & Mitigating Transferred Voltage Hazards

Designing Grounding Systems that Safely Dissipate Fault Currents and Disperse Lightning Current

XGSLab New Feature - Seasonal Analysis For Grounding Systems

Ground Fault Coordination in EasyPower

Surge Protection Measures and NEC Requirements

XGSLab IEEE Std 80 Benchmarks

Touch and Step Voltage Calculations

Grounding Analysis

Types of Studies With XGSLab

XGSLab GSA Tutorial - A Grounding System Analysis Applying the EN 50522 Standard

XGSLab GSA FD Tutorial - A Grounding System Analysis Applying IEEE Std 80

Grounding Analysis for Utility Scale Photovoltaic Power Plant

Grounding Calculations in XGSLab’s GSA_FD Software
