These webinars are applicable to
a wide range of manufacturers and service companies of electrical
or electronic products. Specific individuals who may benefit
from these webinars include those responsible for the setup
of electrical safety testing workstations, operator training,
regulatory compliance, and safety certification of their products
including engineering, production line, and quality managers.
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Electrical Safety Testing Your Product – A Complete Overview
Wednesday Feb. 15th 1 - 2 PM CST
- :: Type Testing vs. Routine Production Testing
- :: Effects of Electrical Current on the Human Body
- :: Definition and discussion of the 5 Common Routine Electrical Safety Tests
- a. Dielectric Voltage Withstand Test
- b. Ground Continuity Test
- c. Ground Bond Test
- d. Touch Current Test
- e. Insulation Resistance test
Ground Bond and Ground Continuity Testing
Wednesday March 7th, 1-2 PM CST
- :: Defining why an electrical product is grounded
- :: Explaining the difference between class I and class II products
- :: Explaining a good ground as defined by the national electrical code
- :: Definition of a Ground Bond Test
- :: Definition of a Ground Continuity Test
- :: Explaining the difference between a Ground Bond and a Ground Continuity
Solar Panel Testing
Wednesday March 21st, 1-2 PM CST
- :: Introduction to electrical safety tests in UL1703 (required tests for type and production testing)
- :: Ground Bond testing for framed panels
- :: IR Testing vs. size of panel
- :: Testing methods (saline bath, reversing polarity etc)
- :: Benefits of RAMP HI for DC Hipot test
Earth and Enclosure Leakage Testing
Wednesday April 18th, 1 -2 PM CST
- :: Definition of a leakage current test
- :: Earth and enclosure leakage current
- :: Defining a measuring device
- :: Explaining the need for an isolation transformer
- :: Normal and single fault conditions
- :: Defining the maximum allowable leakage limits
- :: Advantage of AC Power source in LLTs
Hipot Testing Your Product
Wednesday May 16th, 1 - 2 PM CST
- :: The Dielectric Withstand Test
- a. Why Hipot Test
- b. AC. vs. DC testing
- :: Common Applications for Hipot Testing
- a. Motor Testing
- b. Lighting Ballast and LED testing
- c. Appliance testing
- :: Hipot Test Examples
A Crash Course in Safety and Circuit Theory
Wednesday June 13th, 1 - 2 PM CST
- :: Nature of Electricity: Origins and Analogies
- :: AC vs. DC
- :: Simple Circuits: Resistors
- :: Ohms Law
- :: Capacitors
- :: Series vs. Parallel Circuits
- :: Inductors and Transformers
Understanding the Features (settings) of your Hipot Tester
Wednesday July 25th, 1 - 2 PM CST
- :: Review of old technology
- :: AC vs. DC
- :: Why high and low limits
- :: Multiple fault detection systems
- :: Line and load regulation
- :: Ground continuity
Hipot Testing in a Production Environment
Wednesday Aug 15th, 1 - 2 PM CST
- :: Operator Safety – Training
- a. Understanding the risk of electrical shock
- b. Qualified Persons
- c. What is considered hazardous live?
- :: Workstation
- a. Protection against electrical hazards
- b. Guarding of live parts
- c. Grounding
- d. Insulators and Conductors
- e. Approach distances
- :: Safe Methods
- a. ESD vs. Safety Testing
- b. Interlocked enclosures
- c. Knowing the safety features of the equipment
- d. PPE
Medical Device Testing
Wednesday Sept. 12th, 1 -2 PM CST
- :: The value of same station safety testing without changing test leads
- :: Easily perform all B, BF and CF type applied part tests
- :: How to easily achieve documentation of all test data
- :: Implementing bar code scanning
- :: How to effectively reduce test time
- :: UL 60601-1 Electrical Safety Tests
- :: Advantage of an AC Power source in LLTs
Succeeding in Advanced Hipot Test Applications
Wednesday October 17th, 1 - 2 PM CST
- :: Common Electrical Safety Tests
- a. Hipot, Ground Bond, Continuity and Line Leakage Tests
- b. Routine vs. Production Line Testing
- :: Multi-point Testing
- a. Point to Point Continuity
- b. Point to Point Ground Bond
- c. Point to Point Hipot
- d. Multi-lead Line Leakage Testing
- :: Advantages and Applications with Automation
- a. Advantages of Automation
- b. Use of Autoware Software
- c. Data Capture and Analysis
Is Repeated Hipot Testing Destructive?
Wednesday November 14th, 1 -2 PM CST
- :: Definition of a Hipot test and why it is required
- :: Who needs to perform the test?
- :: Difference between TYPE test and ROUTINE test
- :: Problems detected by a Hipot Test
- :: What causes insulation failure?
- :: Is repeated testing harmful?
- :: How many tests are too many?
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