PowerEarth are industry leaders in earthing design and testing. Our team includes specialists in the various fields in earthing:
Earthing and electrolysis
- Earth Potential Rise (EPR), step, touch and transfer voltages
- AC interference for metallic pipelines and telecommunications assets
- Electric and magnetic field exposure
- Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and the effects on sensitive receivers
- Earthing and Bonding Management Plans for AC and DC traction systems
- Electrolysis including the effects of stray DC currents
- AC corrosion
- Test methods and instrumentation
- Managing earthing related risks during construction, maintenance or repair activities
Our team uses CDEGS engineering software to support our earthing, lightning and electrolysis work. CDEGS is recognised as the most powerful earthing, electromagnetic interference and transient analysis software package available.
Audits, testing and commissioning
PowerEarth has been developing test methods and, together with our partners, test instrumentation for over 20 years. PowerEarth’s test offering includes condition assessments, inputs for design, audits, routine compliance testing and commissioning. The test equipment is owned by PowerEarth and stored at our offices around Australia. We offer the following inspection and test services:
- AS/NZS 3000 and AS 2067 audits
- Electrical soil resistivity
- Fall of potential test
- Continuity tests
- Earthing system off-frequency injection tests including current distribution, step, touch and transfer voltages
- Interference voltage tests for assessing stray DC current corrosion risks
- AC electric and magnetic field measurements
- EMI tests for DC traction systems
