Testing insulation is an important way to qualify a new installation. Testing also protects and prolongs the life of electrical systems and motors. Over the years, electrical systems are exposed to ...

Insulation failure is a leading cause of electrical fires and system downtime, often occurring silently before any visible signs appear. Regular insulation resistance testing helps detect early ...

In our previous issue, we described time-resistance and dielectric absorption ratio tests. Two other useful insulation resistance tests are the short time and step voltage tests In our previous issue, ...

This article describes the testing results following routine performance assessment of an electrical motor both in its original state and after rebuilding it using products made by Zeus, such as the ...

The launch brings electrical insulation resistance testing into the digital system of record for the first time — eliminating manual documentation, reducing completion time by fifty percent, and ...

To meet the requirements of your electrical safety testing applications, you can choose from a variety of instruments and systems that perform hipot, insulation-resistance (IR), ground-resistance, and ...

Remember when it was your job to fill the swimming pool for younger siblings? Oh, the pain — the baseball field and all your friends were waiting. After all, filling a pool eight feet in diameter and ...

To be fully in conformance with the most modern testing requirements, Megger offers a family of insulation testers at voltages above 1 kV. July 20, 2009 2 min read To be fully in conformance with the ...

Thermal insulation is installed on almost every piping system and much of the plant equipment at power generation facilities. It not only saves energy, but also protects workers, reduces noise, helps ...

Although the term ‘Iron Curtain’ from the Cold War brings to mind something like the Berlin Wall and its forbidding No Man’s Land, there was still active trade between the Soviet Union and the West.