Sometimes, an insulation resistance (IR) testing program is in place, yet a major cable failure still occurs. Because it doesn't seem to work, cutting back or eliminating the program appears to make ...

Megger announced it now offers a rugged and compact, battery-powered 5-kV digital insulation resistance tester designed for high-voltage testing. The BM5200 is suitable for use in the maintenance, ...

Comparison of conventional PBT types and Pocan E PBT types optimized for E/E applications. Photo Credit: Lanxess Specialty chemicals company Lanxess (Cologne, Germany) has developed new polybutylene ...

New surface-mount automotive-grade silicon-carbide (SiC) Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) from ROHM Semiconductor are intended to improve insulation resistance by increasing the creepage distance ...

In our previous issue, we described time-resistance and dielectric absorption ratio tests. Two other useful insulation resistance tests are the short time and step voltage tests In our previous issue, ...