I disagree with your NRTL. If the hipot test can degrade the insulation (we’re talking about a single test on the production line), then the insulation system is not up to par.
Jim From: Nyffenegger, Dave [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 12:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] hipot test The NRTL I typically use always runs the hipot test for 60 seconds for type testing during product certification. The listing reports always specify a 1 second hipot for production line testing 100% of all units. Their claim is that the hipot can degrade some insulation and should be kept to a minimum. -Dave From: Richard Nute [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 5:34 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [PSES] hipot test Hi Doug: I've always viewed the purpose of hipot testing as verification only. During engineering type testing, it is design verification. I disagree. The hi-pot test determines the minimum electric strength of the insulation system. Design is an indirect measure of electric strength by selecting the distances through solid and air (clearance) insulations. However, design rarely includes the shape of the electric field, which is a parameter that determines electric strength. Since hipot is so stressful to insulation… Again, I disagree. If the design is “good” (adequate electric strength), then the hi-pot test does not stress the insulation system. See Agilent Technologies Optocoupler Input-Output Endurance Voltage Application Note 1074. Best regards, Rich From: Doug Powell <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 1:50 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PSES] X & Y Cap rating due to hipot test I've always viewed the purpose of hipot testing as verification only. During engineering type testing, it is design verification. During routine testing for manufacturing, it is workmanship and build verification. During type testing many safety standards will ask for hipot verification at various stages, after thermal/humidity tests, after abnormal operations, etc. Since hipot is so stressful to insulation, it is possible to introduce latent failures in the test sample after performing multiple hipot tests, combining many hipots into one is allowable by many inspectors. During routine testing, a brief hipot is added at the end of the manufacturing cycle to ensure wire routing is correct (spacings are maintained), integrity of insulation is maintained, in cases where vibration testing is involved a test for chafing of wire insulation and so on. Most safety standards have provision for "allowable disconnects" during the hipot such as surge suppressors and the like. Also, hipot of sub-assemblies in lieu of the finished assembly if it can be shown that the test is representative. Best to all, Doug -- Douglas E Powell [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dougp01 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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