ELECTRICAL SAFETY (HIPOT) TESTER FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATION

摘要

Electrical safety testers-often referred to as "hipot" testers-are an integral part of electrical and electronic equipment manufacturing. Hipot testers get their name from the high-potential (high voltage) they produce to perform dielectric withstand and insulation resistance tests. In addition to these tests, many hipot testers provide accurate low-resistance measurements and low-resistance/high-current outputs to test ground resistance and ground bond integrity. Modern hipot testers utilize electronic source technology to assure compliance with IEC-61010 that explicitly requires that "the voltage test equipment shall be able to maintain the required voltage for the specified period of time."