Manual

1.Safe Testing.................................................................................... 1
2.Features.......................................................................................... 3
3.Specification................................................................................... 6
4.Continuity (resistance) tests........................................................... 10
4.1 Instrument layout................................................................... 10
4.2 Test procedure.......................................................................10
5.Insulation Tests............................................................................... 12
5.1 The nature of insulation resistance........................................ 12
5.1.2 Capacitive current.................................................................. 12
5.1.3 Conduction current................................................................ 13
5.1.4 Surface leakage current........................................................ 13
5.1.5 Total leakage current..............................................................14
5.2Damage to voltage sensitive equipment................................ 14
5.3 Preparation for measurement................................................ 15
5.4Insulation resistance measurement....................................... 15
6. Loop Impedance Tests.................................................................. 18
6.1 Voltage measurement............................................................18
6.2 What is earth fault loop impedance?..................................... 18
6.3 Automatic over temperature cut out...................................... 18
6.4 The loop impedance test....................................................... 19
6.5 Loop impedance at 3 phase equipment................................ 20
7.Prospective Short Circuit Current (PSC) tests................................ 21
7.1What is Prospective Short Circuit Current?........................... 21
7.2Testing Prospective Short Circuit Current............................. 21
8.RCD Tests...................................................................................... 22
8.1 Purpose of RCD Test............................................................ 22
8.2 What does the RCD test really do?....................................... 23
8.3 Uc Test................................................................................. 23
8.4 Uc Testing............................................................................ 23
8.5 RCD testing.......................................................................... 23
8.6 Testing RCD's used to provide supplementary protection.... 24
8.7 Testing time delayed RCD's.................................................. 25
8.8 Testing DC sensitive RCD's.................................................. 25
9.The external earth terminal............................................................ 26
10.General........................................................................................... 27
11.Battery replacement....................................................................... 27
12.Fuse replacement........................................................................... 27
13.Servicing......................................................................................... 28
14.Case and Strap assembly...............................................................29
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