As DC high-potential testing starts to show its age, test methods recommended by IEEE are ready to fill the void For many years, high-voltage DC testing has been the traditionally accepted method to ...

Hipot data? That is an oxymoron. A hipot test, also known as dielectric breakdown, is a simple test: Apply high voltage to the insulation barrier of the DUT and ensure there is no breakdown. It is a ...

I once designed a product for Avaya, a 1U x 19" rack with an open-framed OEM power supply. Yields were good at first. Later, HIPOT (high-potential) testing started to fail on random units at a 10 ...