User:Didier Mignardot

My name is Didier MIGNARDOT

I have been interested in lightning and ways of protecting people and buildings from its destructive powers for over 20 years. A founder member of the French Association of Protection against Lightning (SPD), I am currently marketing manager in Schneider Electric’s Surge Protection Department. I helped draft the surge arrester installation guide UTE C15443 and was a member of the working group that draw up IEC standard 60364-4-443 and the 5-534 update. I have also authored a number of publications on lightning.

I am also the expert in charge of writing and updating the chapter Protection against voltage surges in LV in this wiki.

You can also check the articles I post in the Power management blog

My back ground is the following :

- I have been working at Schneider Electric since 1982

- Diploma of Electric Engineer ESIGELEC

- Member of the association of electrical manufacturers DOMERGIE/Paris – Surge Arrester working groug
- Member of the “club foudre” of S.E.E. (Company of the Electricians and Electronics specialists)/Paris

- President of the Marketing and Communication Committee of the A.P.F. (Association Protection Foudre)/Paris

I am currently in charge of managing the Line Of Business: "Lightning & Surge Protection" in Low Voltage Electrical distribution