Cable Testing Concepts and Overview:
- Testing Cables with High Voltage. Hipot Testing FAQ – Introduction to Hipot Testing
- AC Hipot Testing
- Verify Cable Tester Programs BEFORE Testing
- Understanding Cable Test Results
- Causes of Bad Connections
- Flux Can Cause Defects in Cables
- Causes of Bad Insulation
- Flux Can Cause Opens or High Resistance
- Glossary of Harness and Cable Testing Terms
How do I do this?
- How to Make & Use Harness Board Templates
- How do I test for Intermittents in Cable and Harness Assemblies
- Rules for Selecting Connectors for Your Fixturing
- Understanding resistance measurements.
- How to Build Harness Board Fixtures Using easy-wire Components
- Setting Practical Resistance Specs for Continuity Testing
Guidelines for Testing Cables and Harnesses (Voltages, Currents, Resistances)
- A-620 Cable Testing Standards
- Guidelines for Setting Resistance Testing Thresholds
- Guidelines for Low Voltage Tests
- Guidelines for Production Testing of Wired Assemblies
- Guidelines for Using Voltage to Detect Insulation Defects
Cable or Harness Testing Approaches or Strategies:
- Smart-Lights™ Best Practices
- Lean “One Piece Flow” and Verifying Labels on Discrete Wires
- Script Creation – Developing Custom Test Applications
- Guided Assembly with easy-wire
- Will Low Voltage Testing Damage Components?
- Understanding High Voltage Testing of Cables with Components.
- Guidelines for Testing Components (Resistors, Capacitors, Diodes etc)
- Second Side Pinning with Guided Assembly
- Testing for Intermittent Faults
- Understanding Twisted Pair Testing
- Understanding and Testing SCSI Terminators (Touch 1)
- Using Scripts for Custom Testing
- Dry Circuit Testing
Reference Information for Cable Testing
- High voltage arc distance
- The resistance of wire – online calculator
- Estimating the capacitance of wires – online calculator
- The temperature coefficient of copper
- Table of common pull strengths (per wire size)
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