Leakage Current Testing Explained: What It Is and How to Perform It
Electrical insulation failure can lead to catastrophic equipment damage, personal injury, and regulatory non-compliance. One critical aspect of ensuring safety is leakage current testing, which helps identify potential hazards from unintended electrical current flowing through insulation. Engineers and safety professionals use Hipot testers to perform accurate leakage measurements. Vitrek provides Hipot testers that can detect anomalies down to picoamp levels, ensuring comprehensive safety validation across diverse applications. This post explains the basics of leakage current testing, how it's performed, and how Vitrek’s Hipot testers support precision and safety across industries. What Is Leakage Current Testing? Leakage current testing [...]
Cable Testing Applications
Cable failures can shut down production, compromise safety, and create costly compliance risks. That’s why manufacturers across aerospace, EV, medical, industrial, telecommunications, and defense industries rely on Vitrek cable testing solutions to verify performance, insulation integrity, and long-term reliability before products ever reach the field. Vitrek’s advanced cable testing platforms help manufacturers meet demanding industry and regulatory standards while improving throughput, traceability, and quality assurance. From high-voltage harnesses to mission-critical interconnects, Vitrek automated cable testing solutions deliver safer products, stronger compliance documentation, and greater confidence in every connection. Hipot Testing for Electrical Safety Compliance [...]
Safety Recommendations for Setting Up a Hipot Testing Workstation
Hipot testing is necessary for ensuring the electrical safety compliance of electronic equipment. However, testing the voltage on commercial equipment can result in errors and even death if the operators have not been properly trained on the importance of establishing a safe testing environment. Before any tests are performed, operators should be thoroughly trained on the effects of electrical currents on the human body, the importance of safety interlocks, and how to program the necessary tests and store them in memory. If operators lack the appropriate training, setting up a safe hipot testing workstation would be for naught. After prioritizing [...]
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Press Release: Vitrek Announces New SE Series High Voltage Safety Enclosures
Vitrek Announces the SE Series of High Voltage Safety Enclosures The SE Series offers the utmost in operator safety for high voltage testing with solid aluminum frame construction, a durable acrylic cover and a magnetic interlock safety switch. […]
Functions & Features of Advanced Hipot Testers – as published in Test & Measurement Tips – 6/18
Functions and Features of Advanced Hipot Testers June 18, 2018 by Lee Teschler Modern instruments help to check whether manufactured equipment meets the proliferating variety of international safety standards that govern factors such as grounding and the ability to withstand overvoltages. KEVIN CLARK, VITREK Electrical safety testers — often referred to as hipot testers — are an integral part of electrical and electronic equipment manufacturing. Hipot testers get thei name from the high-potential (high voltage) they produce to perform dielectric withstand and insulation resistance tests. In addition to these tests, many hipot testers provide accurate low-resistance measurements and low-resistance/high current [...]
Vendors Support Hipot, Insulation-Resistance and Ground-Bond Tests- as seen in Rick’s Blog on the EE Website – 7/18
Vendors Support Hipot, Insulation-Resistance and Ground Bond Tests by Rick Nelson - Evaluation Engineering - July 2018 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 ground-bond (GB) tests across a range of industries. Vendors offer a variety of options — from software that automates instrument control and records test results to a variety of test probes and leads. Relevant standards range from IEC 60601-11 for medical device testing to IEEE Std 43-20132 for testing the insulation resistance of electrical machinery. [...]
Picking the Right Hipot Tester For The Job – as published in Power Systems Design Magazine – 9/2018
Picking the Right Hipot Tester for the Job Understanding the testing requirements and standards will ultimately save testing time and cost. By Kevin Clark, CEO, Vitrek Hipot testers offer a range of capabilities starting with dielectric withstand and insulation resistance testing but also, in many instances, providing accurate low-resistance measurements and low-resistance/high-current outputs to test ground resistance and ground bond integrity. Selecting the right one for your application will ultimately save both time and expense in performing these essential tests. Product Safety Certification Before getting into the individual functions, it is important to point out that hipot testing is [...]