Friday, November 29, 2013

Thursday, November 28, 2013

A hipot tester

A hipot tester is an electronic device used to verify the electrical insulation in a device or other wired assembly that could subject someone to a shock if it failed. It generally consists of:   1.            A source of high voltage, 2.            A current meter, ...

MILLIVOLT DROP TEST

The millivolt drop test is generally associated with testing for weld quality on the armature. It is the best test for verifying armature weld quality. The millivolt drop test is the ultimate electrical test for detecting bad welds. Unfortunately, it is difficult to make on armatures with large diameter wire and nearly impossible to make on armatures with small wires....

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Friday, October 18, 2013

Minimum terminal capacity for copper protective conductors (PE, PEN)

CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF PHASE CONDUCTORS S MM2 MINIMUM CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE CORRESPONDING PROTECTIVE CONDUCTOR (PE, PEN) SPA MM2 S ≤ 16 S 16 < S ≤ 35 16 35 < S ≤ 400 S/2 400 < S ≤ 800 200 800 < S S/4 a Current in the neutral may be influenced where there are...

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Friday, October 11, 2013

Guide to migration from IEC 60439 to IEC 61439 (XL3 Confugurable Assemblies IEC 60439 >>> IEC 61439)

This document only deals with  distribution enclosures for advanced users (authorised persons), i.e. parts 1 and 2 of the new standard. Part 3 of standard IEC 61439 discusses DBO (Distribution Boards intended to be operated by Ordinary persons) only up to 250 A. One of the new features of...