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The existing equipment and testing standards for electrical power switchgear clearly define the requirement of ac over-voltage withstand testing.
However, some of the field testing standards have deemed dc over-voltage as sufficient to test the dielectric strength of the insulation system and
do not require an ac over-potential test. The question is whether or not dc is sufficient to test electrical distribution equipment, such as switchgear,
switchboards and panel in which mounting insulators and air may be the only insulation. This paper will document a series of comparison tests in
which both dc and ac voltages were used to test the dielectric strength of an air gap between conductors. It will show that a very small air gap can
be significant impedance to both ac and dc. Performing both tests provides the best assurance that the insulation system will be adequate.

Published in: Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference (I&CPS), 2016 IEEE/IAS 52nd

Date of Conference: 1-5 May 2016 INSPEC Accession Number: 16072065

Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 13 June 2016 DOI: 10.1109/ICPS.2016.7490246

ISBN Information: Publisher: IEEE

Electronic ISSN: 2158-4907 Conference Location: Detroit, MI, USA

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There are three common names for testing electrical equipment at a voltage higher than the
voltage rating on the name plate and there is no difference between them except the name: over-
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potential, dielectric withstand and high-potential testing. An ac over-potential test is an ac dielectric
withstand test, which is an ac high-potential test (often called “hipot”).
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