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Electrical Faults: Causes, Analysis, Detection and Remedies

This course works through electrical faults from cause to remedy. Delegates cover the physical mechanisms behind insulation failure, the fault types and their electrical signatures, symmetrical components and their use in analysis, fault location methods for cable and overhead systems, and the diagnostic testing used to find a developing fault before it becomes an outage. Case material is drawn from real failures, and delegates practise reading fault records to determine what happened. The course closes on remedy and prevention: repair standards, insulation condition management and the maintenance decisions that determine how often a network faults.

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Course objectives

  • Explain the physical mechanisms behind insulation and equipment failure
  • Identify fault types from their electrical signature
  • Apply symmetrical components to unbalanced fault analysis
  • Use fault location methods on cable and overhead systems
  • Select diagnostic tests that reveal a developing fault
  • Read a fault record and determine the sequence of events
  • Choose remedies and maintenance actions that reduce fault frequency

Who should attend

  • Electrical engineers and technicians
  • Network operations and maintenance staff
  • Protection engineers
  • Cable and overhead line specialists
  • Technical supervisors investigating outages

Course outline

  1. 01Why electrical equipment fails: the physical mechanisms
  2. 02Fault types and their electrical signatures
  3. 03Symmetrical components and unbalanced fault analysis
  4. 04Cable fault location methods
  5. 05Overhead line fault location
  6. 06Diagnostic testing for developing faults
  7. 07Reading fault records and reconstructing the sequence
  8. 08Repair standards, insulation management and prevention

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Electrical Faults: Causes, Analysis, Detection and Remedies
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
2 to 6 October 2026Pretoria, South AfricaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
4 to 8 October 2026Maputo, MozambiqueClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
26 to 30 October 2026Online, OnlineOnlineR7,500 per delegateRegister Now
9 to 13 November 2026Lilongwe, MalawiClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
1 to 5 December 2026Gaborone, BotswanaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now

Electrical Faults: Causes, Analysis, Detection and Remedies

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