by admin|August 22, 2023 | General Testing General Testing General Testing GuidelinesDiagnosing FailuresHigh VoltageSpecial TopicsGuidelines ⬅Return 5 Questions You Should Ask Yourself About Fixturing An Introduction to A-620 Cable Testing Standard Are Your Resistance Settings Correct? Cable Testing Glossary Finding Intermittent Errors in Fixturing Functional Testing Giving Electrical Testing the Respect It Deserves Guidelines for Low Voltage Tests Guidelines for Setting Resistance Test Thresholds Guidelines for Testing Components Moving Tests Upstream Production Testing Guidelines Setting Practical Resistance Specs for Continuity Testing Should Connector Shells and Unused Contacts be Tested? Testing for Intermittent Errors in Cable and Harness Assemblies Testing Switches and Relays The Biggest Fixturing Mistakes The Real Costs of Insufficient Testing Understanding Cable Test Results Verifying Your Test Fixturing Where to Start – Part 1 Where to Start – Part 2 Will Low Voltage Testing Damage Components? Diagnosing Failures ⬅Return Causes of Bad Connections Causes of Bad Insulation Common Causes and Solutions of Testing Errors Flux Can Cause I.R. Failures or Shorts (HV Failure) Flux Can Cause Opens or High Resistance Frustrations, Failures, and Flux How Humidity Can Affect Testing Insulation Compression Failures in Cables Insulation Failure Insulation Resistance – Fixture Failures Understanding High Voltage Test Errors What’s to Blame When Your Cables Fail? High Voltage ⬅Return AC Hipot Testing Can High Voltage Damage Cables? Controlling High Voltage Ramp Dielectric Withstanding Voltage Leakage Current Limit Does repeating the Hipot test damage your cable? General Relay Testing Guidelines High Speed Hipot High Voltage Testing of Cables with Components High Voltage Testing on Small Pitch Connectors How to Determine Creepage Distance for Connectors How to Hipot Highly Capacitive Cables How to Protect Your Tester Ideas for Improving Hipot Safety Mixed Matrix Hipot Architecture Testing Cables with High Voltage Top 5 Capacitance Errors in Cable Testing Using Voltage to Detect Insulation Defects Special Topics ⬅Return 4-Wire Kelvin Testing Can I Test For Broken Strands? Can I use High Current to test for Broken Strands? Capacitance and Cable Testing Choosing Connectors for Test Fixturing (Test Adapters) Connector Contact Retention Connector Pin Counting Sequence Counterfeit Cables Creating photo templates of harness boards Crimp Pull Testers Pullout Force per Wire Size Dry Circuit Testing Ergonomics and Cable Testing First Pass Yield – Part 1 First Pass Yield – Part 2 First Pass Yield – Part 3 First Pass Yield – Part 4 First Pass Yield Survey Results How Much Wire is on the Spool? Impedance and Resistance Lean One-Piece Flow & Discrete Wire Label Verification Overview of Four-wire Kelvin Testing Prolonging the Life of Your PV Receptacles Pullout Force per Wire Size Recalibrating Your Cirris Tester Red Plague: Damaging Corrosion in Wires Temperature Coefficient of Copper Testing Assemblies with Diodes Testing Shielded Cable Assemblies Testing Shielded Cables Video The Mystery of Metal Whiskers Twisted Pair Testing Using Inert Gas to Enhance Electrical Wiring Inspection Verification in a Quality System Verify Cable Tester Programs BEFORE Testing