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Verification of Electrical Safety Testers- A Better Approach

From Fluke Calibration

This application note describes the functionality of electrical safety testers, and discusses requirements to verify their performance along with an improved method of verifying many of these devices. Electrical safety tests are becoming commonplace as test specialists, technicians and production engineers need to demonstrate that installations, appliances and devices conform to strict government or test body standards. The instrumentation used to make these tests fall into a number of categories: Insulation resistance testers, installation testers, portable appliance testers (PATs), earth resistance testers, ground bond testers, hipot testers and electrical safety analyzers. They are used in a variety of applications including manufacturing, plant maintenance and routine service by test engineers, technicians, test specialists and electrical contractors.

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