Inthe alan eee a) Measurement of the current in the alarm cir- cuit Purpose of the teats it must be guaranteed that, even in the case of a malfunction, the current in the circuit does not exceed the value of 1 mA DC. Bovisone ~ Sonata b) Trip test Purpose of the test: to check that the insulation ‘monitoring device is functioning correctly, in other words, that the alarm signal is activated when the insulation resistance value drops below 50ka. < Instrument: Miliammeter. Procedure: measurement of the current in the alarm circuit can be carried out in conditions of dead short earth fault by inserting the milliamme- ter in series with the conductor that connects the device to the equipotential node and connecting ‘one of the conductors of the isolated circuit di- reetly to earth (ig. 4.2). [=3] Instrument: Rheostat, After disconnecting the loads, each conductor of the circuit powered by the secondary of the insu- lating transformer is connected - one at a time - with the equipotential node using the rheostat (fig. 4.4) Fault simulation is implemented by re- ducing the resistance of the rheostat to a value R Seen cornet)