Joe wrote: >How do you test each of the three isolation methods? > >What equipment and procedures are necessary? > >How many of these tests can be made into a push button to test kind of thing >or even better; an idiot light or alarm?
I'm not really sure on isolation, that is a test that isn't also compromising it. Its not a choice I use, though I guess I should have a good method since my Pickup uses a Lester (but no public charging - no onboard charger). GFI is tested regularly with the provided test button, but once a year with a resistor hooked between pack + and the frame (garage test). I use some resistor, I think its a 15k ohm one, that I have that happens to have wires with alligator clips on it already. Frame ground (and cord ground) is tested regularly with my Fluke set to ohms. Honestly, my little Russco should be safe up to about 1 ohm, but I wouldn't allow more than a tenth that without tossing the cord or redoing the frame ground (depending on where I found it). Automated testing is a great idea. I'll leave that up to the silicon gurus. In fact, there should be a little box that gets hooked up to test this stuff in a simple fashion. Neon
