resistance of suplementary ‘cupstonealeonsuctore Measurement of the supplementary equipoten- tial connections (group 2 medical locations) In group 2 medical locations the resistance of each conductor for connection to the equipoten- tial bonding bus bar must be measured. Purpose of the test: to check that each connec tion between the equipotential node andthe earth of the plug sockets, the earth terminal of fixed user devices and any extraneous conductive part has a resistance no higher than 0.20. Instrument: four terminal switchgear, werking ac- cording to the volt-ammetrie principle, with a no- load voltage between 4 and 24 Vin AC or DC and capable of providing a current of at least10 A. Procedure: the terminals of the inctrument are connected on one side to the equipotental bond- ‘ng bus bar and on the other to the conductive part or extraneous conductive part, as indicated in figure 4.6. The test current is circulated by means of the ammetrie circuit (terminals At and ‘A2) while voltage is measured by means of the volumetric circuit (terminals V1 and V2). The pins must be located at two different points, both on the equipotential bonding bus bar and on the ‘conductive part. In this way itis possible to mea- sure not just the resistance Re of the equipoten- tial conductor, but also the contact resistances of the connections of the conductor itself (Rt and 2). In the presence of a subnode, the measur ment must be performed between the equipoten- ‘al bonding bus bar and the conductive part or extraneous conductive part; in other words, it must simultaneously involve both conductors - ‘the one between the equipotential node and the cub node and the one that connects the aub_ node to the conductive part or extraneous con- ductive part (fig. 4.7), a! | freer ninan BoOoCOOOCG rs ‘rneous conductive par