As I previously mentioned, the hi-pot test is for SOLID insulation. Presumably, the insulation between the side panels and the mains circuits is air, or air in series with solid insulation. So, it should be valid to test without the side panels.
Merry Christmas! Rich On 12/16/2010 06:16, Kunde, Brian wrote: > Here is another clunky suggestion. What if you put your Surge Suppressor > circuit after a dual pole circuit breaker that is only energized when > the device is powered up. That way, the VDR is out of the circuit during > the Hipot test, but in-circuit during the Surge Immunity test. > > This brings up a good point in regards to production hipot testing. Some > of our instruments have double pole relays, so during hipot those > downstream circuits do not get tested. So those circuits have to be > individually hipot tested before the side panels are installed. As you > said, this goes against the intent of the production hipot test, but > what else can you do? You do the best you can. If an inspector > disagrees, have him give you the solution. > > The Other Brian > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
