15 May
2012
15 May
'12
2:11 p.m.
On 15 May 2012 at 19:41, Tony Duell wrote:
Hmmm.. What do you call a high-votlage insulation
tester? The sort of
instrument you'd use to check for leaks/breakdown in hose wiring
(please don't tell me you don't test such things over there)
That's certainly a term that I'm familiar with--"Megger". Perhaps
that's only for old fogies like yours truly.
Another related term is "Hipot". An adjustable high-voltage source
with an insulated probe. Indispensible for testing (sometimes
destructively) susceptibility to ESD, although I suspect a cat and a
pair of rubber-soled shoes might work as well.
--Chuck