STD-NEMA MG 2-ENGL 1998 MM GU70247 OS17774 STS wm Section | MG 1.1998, HIGH-POTENTIAL TESTS Part 3, Page 1 Section! GENERAL STANDARDS APPLYING TO ALL MACHINES Part3 HIGH-POTENTIAL TESTS 3.4 HIGH-POTENTIAL TESTS 344 Safety WARNING: Because of the high voltages used, high potential tests should be conducted only by trained Personnel, and adequate safety precautions should be taken to avoid injury to personnel and damage to property. Tested windings should be discharged carefully to avoid injury to personnel on contact. See 2.10 in NEMA Publication No. MG 2. 3.4.2 Definition High-potential tests are tests which consist of the application of a voltage higher than the rated voltage for a specified time for the purpose of determining the adequacy against breakdown of insulating materials. ‘and spacings under normal conditions. 3.4.3. Procedure High-potential tests shall be made in accordance with the following applicable IEEE Publications: a std112 b. std 113 co sida \ a. Std 115 . 3.44 Test Voltage ‘The high-potential test shall be made by applying a test voltage having the magnitude specified in the Part of this publication that applies to the specific type of machine and rating being tested. The frequency of the test circu shall be 50 to 60 hertz," and the effective value of the test voltage shall be the crest value of the specified test voltage divided by the square root of two. The wave shape shall have a deviation factor not exceeding 0.1 ‘The dielectric test should be made with a dielectric tester which wil maintain the specified voltage at the terminals during the test. 3.1.5 Condition of Machine to be Tested ‘The winding being tested shall be completely assembled (see 3.1.10). The test voltage shall be applied when, and only when, the machine is in good condition and the insulation resistance is not impaired due to Girt or moisture. (See IEEE Std 43.) 3.4.8 Duration of Application of Test Voltage The specified high-potential test voltage shall be applied continuously for 1 minute. Machines for which the specified test voltage is 2500 voits or less shall be permitted to be tested for 1 second at a voltage which is 1.2 times the specified 1-minute test voltage as an altemative to the 1-minute test, f desired. To avold excessive stressing of the insulation, repeated application of the high-potential test voltage is not recommended, ‘ 1 A direct instead of an alternating voltage may be-wwed for high-potential test. in such cases, a test voltage of 1.7 times the specified alternating voltage (eMective voltage) as designated In 12.3 1s required. Copyright bythe Nationa Electrical Manufacturers Associaton ‘Tua 16 08:24:46 2000,STD-NEMA NG 2-ENGL 1998 M@™@ LU70247 0537775 43) mm MG 1-1998 Section! Part 3, Page 2 HIGH-POTENTIAL TESTS 3.4.7 Points of Application of Test Voltage ‘The high-potental test voltage shall be successively applied between each electric circuit and the frame or core. All other windings or electric circuits not under test and all external metal parts shall be connected to the frame or core. All leads of each winding, phase, or electric circuit shall be connected together, whether being tested or connected to the frame or core. ‘An electric circuit consists of all windings and other live parts which are conductively connected to the same power supply or load bus when starting or running. A winding which may be connected to a separate power supply, transformer, or load bus any time during normal operation is considered to be a separate circuit and must be high-potential tested separately. For example, fields of direct-current machines shall be considered to be separate circuits unless they are permanently connected in the machine. Unless otherwise stated, interconnected polyphase windings are considered as one circuit ar shall be permitted to be s0 tested. 3.4.8 Accessories and Components All accessories such as surge capacitors, lightning arresters, current transformers, etc., which have leads connected to the rotating machine terminals shall be disconnected during the test, with the leads ‘connected together and to the frame or core. These accessories shall have been subjected to the high potential test applicable to the class of apparatus at their point of manufacture. Capacitors of capacitor- {ype motors must be left connected to the winding in the normal manner for machine operation (running or starting). Component devices and their circuits such as space heaters and temperature sensing devices in contact with the winding (thermostats, thermocouples, thermistors, resistance temperature detectors, etc.), connected other than in the fine circuit, shall be connected to the frame or core during machine winding high-potential tests. Each of these component device circuits, with leads connected together, shall then be tested by applying a voltage between the circuit and the frame or core, equal to twice the circuit rated voltage plus 1000 volts, or equal to the high potential test voltage of the machine, whichever is lower. During each device circuit test all other machine windings and components shall be connected together and to the frame or core. Unless otherwise stated, the rated voltage of temperature sensing devices shall be taken as follows: ‘a. Thermostats - 600 volts b. Thermocouples, thermistors, RTDs - 50 volts ‘When conducting a high-potential test on an assembled brushless exciter and synchronous machine field winding, the brushless circuit components (diodes, thyristors, etc.) shall be short circuited (not grounded) during the test. 3.1.9 Evaluation of Dielectric Failure Insulation breakdown during the application of the high-potential test voltage shall be considered as evidence of dielectric failure, except that in the production testing of small motors dielectric falure shall be indicated by measurement of insulation resistance below a specified value (See 12.4), 3.4.10 Initial Test at Destination ‘When assembly of a winding is completed at the destination, thus precluding the possibilty of making final high-potental tests at the factory, itis recommended that high-potential tests be made with the tast voltages specified in the applicable section of this publication immediately after the final assembly and before the machine is put into service. The test voltage should be applied when, and only when, the ‘machine is in good condition and the insulation resistance is not impaired due to dirt or moisture. (See IEEE Sta 43.) 3.1.11. Tests of an Assembled Group of Machines and Apparatus Repeated application of the foregoing test voltage is not recommended. When a motor is installed in other equipment immediately after manufacture and a high-potential test of the entire assembled motor ‘and equipment is required, the test voltage shall not exceed 85 percent of the original test voltage or, ‘when the motor and equipment are installed inven assembled group, the test voltage shall not exceed 85 percent of the lowest test voltage specified for that group. Copyright bythe National Electrical Manufacturers Assocation ‘Tau Mar 18 09:21:47 2000,STD-NEMA MG L-ENGL 1998 Mm GY70247 OS1777b 378 oe Section | MG 1-198, HIGH-POTENTIAL TESTS Part 3, Page 3 3.4.12 Additional Tests Made After Installation When a high-potential test is made after installation on @ new machine which has previously passed its hhigh-potential test at the factory and whose windings have not since been disturbed, the test voltage shall be 75 percent of the test voltage specified in the part ofthis publication that applies fo the type of machine ‘and rating being tested. Copyright by the National Electical Manufacturers Association Tho Mar 16 09:21:48 2000