Philip Boys

Principal Consultant | Mitton ElectroNet Ltd

Philip is a Principal Consultant at Mitton ElectroNet Ltd, with over 28 years experience in the power industry in New Zealand.  Philip has extensive experience in the testing and design fields of earthing, lightning protection and substation design.

Over the last 28 years Philip has developed technical expertise in the subject of earthing (electrical) safety, induction (low frequency induction, LFI) and EMF within the power system, from the areas of both practical (on-site testing) and modelling. 

Philip has conducted earthing reviews, site testing, and provided earthing designs for a number of power utilities in New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Fiji, Samoa, USA, Indonesia, and the UK. 

Philip has also provided technical advice to a number of power utilities in New Zealand and Australia regarding their earthing standards, and standard earthing installations.

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Capacitive Coupling from Transmission Lines

Over the last 5 years or so, a number of micro-shock incidents have occurred under 220 kV and 110 kV transmission lines in New Zealand. Each micro-shock incident had differing circumsta…

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