These are electrical safety test devices that are commonly used for performing electrical compliance tests. There are different types of measurement performed by hipot testers including AC dielectric strength, DC dielectric strength, AC/DC selectable, arc detection or tracking, insulation resistance and earth continuity.

Salient Features

• There are different testing method available for hipot testers like automatic, semi-automatic and manual.
• Some test instruments are fully automated to store and perform testing from a program.
• These testers can also have the ability to perform a series of electrical safety tests.
• These testers consists of buzzer or annunciator, front panel lockout, built-in calibration, PLC interface, rapid cutoff, memory or storage, multiple test setup, remote control, warning indicator lights and selectable output frequency.

Specification of Hipot Testers

Important specifications that has to be considered while selecting these tester are:

• AC & DC output voltage
• AC & DC output current
• Resistance range
• Insulation limit
• Test time
• Displays
• Interfaces

Application

• Electrical apparatus
• Electronic circuits
• DC field testing of cables
• Terminations
• Motors
• Generators