Electrical Testing For Wiring Installation-Wireman Second Grade

ELECTRICAL TESTING
JILAN ANAK GAWING

860309-52-6343
ILP MIRI
CH00870 L1-L3
EIC C01023
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Rule for Requirement of Testing.
 Once Electrical Wiring Installation completed installed, that installation shall
be tested before passed to fed supply from public license (SESCO for
Sarawak).
 EIC(ATT) shall issues the “SUPERVISION AND COMPLETION / TEST
CERTIFICATE “

INSPECTION DURING SUPERVISION AND COMPLETION OF
INSTALLATION

Criterions for Inspections
 Connection of conductors.
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 Identification of conductors
 Routing of cables in safe zones or within mechanical protection.

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 Selection of conductors for current and voltage drop.
 Connection of single pole devices for protection or switching in phase

conductors only.
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 Correct connection of socket outlets and lamp holders.
 Presence of barriers and protection against thermal effects.

Criterions for Inspection
Method of protection against direct contact
Method of protection against indirect contact
 - Presence of protective conductors
 - Presence of earthing conductors
 - Presence of main equipotential bonding conductors
 - Earthing arrangements for combined protective and
 functional earths
 - Use of Class II equipment or equivalent insulation
- Non conducting location
 - Earth free local equipotential bonding
 - Electrical separation

Criterions for Inspection
 Prevention of mutual detrimental influence.
 Presence of appropriate devices for isolation and switching.
 Presence of under voltage protective devices where appropriate.
 Choice and setting of protective and monitoring services (for

protection against indirect contact and/or against overcurrent).
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 Labelling of fuses, switches and terminals

Internal Building Wiring Testing

Electrical Testing for Internal Building Wiring
Categories :
1. Testing before Supply Connected
2. Testing while Supply Connected

Testing List for Testing before Supply
Connected
1. Earth Resistance Testing.
2. Continuity Resistance Test for Main Protective
Conductor including bonding.
3. Continuity Resistance Test for Circuit.(L,N,E)
4. Polarity Testing.
5. Insulation Resistance Testing

Testing List for Testing while Supply Connected
1. Voltage Testing.

2.Rechecking Polarity
3. Phase Sequence Test
4.Earth Loop Impedance Resistance.
5. RCD Testing.
6. Socket Point Testing.
7. Prospective Short Circuit Current.

Electrical Tester for every type testing.
Testing Tester /Function
Multimeter Ohm (Ω)
Continuity Resistance Test.

Polarity Testing. Multimeter Ohm (Ω)

Insulation Resistance Testing Insulation Tester

Earth Resistance Testing. Earth Resistance Tester

Voltage Testing. Multimeter Voltage (V)

Earth Loop Impedance Resistance. Loop Impedance Tester

RCD Testing. RCD Tester

Socket Point Testing. Socket Tester

Prospective Short Circuit Current. PSC Tester


Earth Resistance Testing
Purpose :
To ensure :
 1- earth resistance at place earth electrode spikes into
 ground.
Recommended Result of testing:

-PE,Consumer Earth- not more than 10 Ohm
-PEN,Consumer Earth- not more than 1 Ohm

Earth Resistance Tester

PRACTICAL
CARRY OUT EARTH RESISTANCE TESTING

Continuity Resistance Test for Main Protective
Conductor including bonding.
Purpose :
To ensure :
 1.Good continuity of connection between earth
electrode
 and main earth terminal of system.
 2. Good continuity between main earth terminal of
system
 to exposed metal in system which relevant to
electrical
 system.

Multi-meter

PRACTICAL
Continuity Resistance Test for Main Protective Conductor
including bonding.

Continuity Resistance Test.
Purpose :
To ensure no open circuit such as following:
1- No lose connection.
2- No Partial Contact on Switch or Termination.
3.- No broken-off/Breaking on conductor of cable.
4- Good Continuity for earth bonding conductor in
system.

Methods in Continuity Testing.
Circuit by Circuit.(End Loop) –overall
Conductor by Conductor in circuit.
Point by point in Circuit
Recommended Result:
For conductor of cable/switch contact, continuity
resistance for bonding conductor less than 1 Ohm

Rules for Continuity Resistance Testing.
Define the Circuit
Define the Breaker/Fuse for Circuit
Define connection diagrams
Choose any suits method to carry out testing.

PRACTICAL
CARRY OUT CONTINUITY TESTING

Polarity Resistance Test.
Purpose :
 To ensure :
 1- All Switch installed on phase .
 2- All Breaker installed on breaker.
 3.- Phase ,Neutral , Earth connected on proper terminal at

 fixed apparatus , equipment ,switch , appliance , component
 such as transformer for control (if any), heater,etc.
 4-Phase,Neutral,Earth connected to correct terminal at

 lamp holder example : lam holder screw type.

Insulation Resistance Testing
Purpose :
To ensure no short circuit due to insulation leakage such as
following:
 1- No Short Circuit between Phase and Neutral caused by
 insulator leakage.
 2- No Short Circuit between Phase and Earth caused by

 3- No Short Circuit between Neutral and Earth caused by

 4-No Short Circuit among Phase, Neutral,and Earth

 caused by Incorrect Connection.

Insulation Tester

IEC 60364-6

Methods to carry on:
1.Overall Circuit
 -All switch in closed position unless switch accompanied indicator lamp.
2.Circuit by Circuit.

For LV Wiring installation, not less than 1 Mega Ohm
@ More than 1 Mega Ohm.

General Rules to carry out Insulation Resistance Testing.
 1.Ensure no Switch Two Pole within light indicator used in

 circuit either on any socket or air-conds switch.
 2. In case exist Switch Two Pole within light indicator in circuit under test, so
 testing will be carried once terminal on that switch disconnected.
 3.Ensure no apparatus connected at lamp holder/ socket

 in circuit.
 4.For LV Single Wiring system ,insulation resistance tested among three

conductor :L- N,L-E,N-E
 5. Sufficient tester voltage = 500V
 6.For Low Voltage System-Cable may incurs Maximum Voltage 1kV/0.6kV AC

PRACTICAL
CARRY OUT INSULATION RESISTANCE TESTING

Voltage Testing
Purpose:
1. To test voltage to ensure no drop voltage due to
termination
 looseness.
2. To confirm continuity of connection.
Test : Phase-Phase,Phase to Neutral,Phase to Earth

Rechecking Polarity
Using voltage detector( Test pen)/Voltage measurement

To ensure switch pole, breaker pole in phase conductor.

Phase Sequence Test
Purpose:
 To identify that phase conductor of three phase supply arranged in
proper direction phase (Clockwise).
 Effect incorrect phase sequence.

 - three phase ac motor operated in wrong direction.

Phase Sequence Tester

Analogy for Phase Sequence

PRACTICAL
Phase Sequence Testing

Earth Loop Impedance Testing
Purpose :
To ensure :
1- To tests whole earth loop impedance from consumer testing point
 to supply point (typically transformer),which measurement are e
 include sum :
 -Resistance of conductor from consumer to supply.
 -Resistance of earth system from consumer to supply.
 -Impedance of conductor from consumer to supply.
- Reactance of conductor from consumer to supply.
2- To ensure the earth loop impedance is less than Maximum Earth Loop limited by
 RCD.

-Earth loop Impedance not more than 100 Ohm.

Earth Loop Impedance Tester

PRACTICAL
CARRY OUT EARTH LOOP IMPEDANCE TESTING

RCD Testing
purpose :

To ensure :

1- To tests the duration tripping time for RCD if occur earth

 leakage current caused by short circuit weather between L to E
 or N to E.
2- To ensure the efficiency and reliability of RCD operations.

Recommended Result of testing:


1-For 100mA main rcd tested at 50% rated tripping current, no tripping

 for 2s .100% rated tripping current, tripping shall be within/less 200 ms.
2- For 30 mA supplementary rcd, tripping time shall be within 40ms


tested at five times the rated tripping current (150 mA).

RCD Tester

PRACTICAL
CARRY OUT RCD TESTING

Socket Testing
Purpose :
 To ensure :
 1. Socket Wiring is correct
 2. L,N,E are connected onto correct terminal at socket.
 3. L,N,E were has connection to socket.

Socket Tester

PRACTICAL
CARRY OUT SOCKET TESTING

PSC Testing
Purpose :
 To Test :
 1. Maximum short circuit current between Phase-Phase,
Phase-
Neutral which its current causes any breaker/fuse be
burn/totally damaged and efficiency losses in contact
surface.
 2. Rating Breaking Current of Breaker/Fuse not less than
 PSC in system.

PSC Tester

PSC Tester

LV Switchgear Testing
(ACB)

Electrical Testing for Switchgear(ACB)
1. Continuity Resistance of Shunt Trip Coil and
Auxiliary Contact.
2. Continuity Resistance of Contact ACB
3. Contact Resistance of ACB
4.Insulation Resistance of ACB

Continuity Resistance of Shunt Trip Coil and
Auxiliary Contact.
Purpose :
 To Test :
 1. Continuity of connection from control contact, Auxiliary
contact to Shunt trip Coil.
 2. Continuity of connection from control contact, Auxiliary

contact to under-voltage coil(If required).

Continuity Resistance of Shunt Trip Coil and Auxiliary Contact.

PRACTICAL
Continuity Resistance of Shunt Trip Coil and Auxiliary
Contact.
TESTING RESULT

Continuity Resistance of Contact ACB
Purpose :
 To test continuity of contact whether in OPEN/CLOSE position.
 Connection among Jaw contact, Flexible braided conductor, Main

Contact (Fixed /Moving).
Recommended result: Not Infinity (Less than 0.5 Ohm)


PRACTICAL

Contact Resistance Test of ACB
Purpose :
To test contact resistance between moving contact and fixed contact.
 Contact resistance likely at high level due to :
 - Maximum contact wear
 - Contact surface melted due to severe arcing
 - insulating pieces on surface of contact
 - Contact pitted
 - Corrosion (Oxides)
Recommended result:
Permissible Contact Resistance should be referred to Instruction Manual
Example for LV ACB:
C-Power (Larsen@Tubro)- Max 25 Micro-Ohm =0.025 mili-ohm ,Very Good = 5 micro-ohm
Terasaki = Max 100 Micro-Ohm =0.1 mili-ohm

Contact Resistance Test Methods
Two Method :
1.Low Resistance Meter (Mili-Ohm/Micro-Ohm)

2.Voltage Drop Measurement

Contact Resistance Test
(Low Resistance Meter)

Practical
(Contact Resistance Test of ACB)

Practical
(Contact Resistance Test of ACB)

Contact Resistance Test
(Voltage Drop Measurement)

PCI TS2000/2 Megger

Result of Testing
Permissible Contact Resistance should be referred to
Instruction Manual.
Contact Resistance =
 Vd – Voltage Drop
 I² - Injected Current

Insulation Resistance Test for ACB
Purpose :
To test insulation level among pole ,between pole
and Earth as well.
1 MΩ Minimum Insulation for Low Voltage,500VDC

 5 MΩ Good Insulation for Low Voltage,500VDC
 If 5M Ω use sandpaper to remove carbonized at portions of
insulation.
 Testing : Pole-Pole ,Pole - Earth

Practical

Practical
(ACB “ON” position only)

THANKS..GOOD LUCK

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ELECTRICAL TESTING

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 Routing of cables in safe zones or within mechanical protection.

 Connection of single pole devices for protection or switching in phase

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 Presence of appropriate devices for isolation and switching.

 Presence of under voltage protective devices where appropriate.

 Choice and setting of protective and monitoring services (for

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2. Testing while Supply Connected

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1. Voltage Testing.

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Recommended Result of testing:

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 2- All Breaker installed on breaker.

 3.- Phase ,Neutral , Earth connected on proper terminal at

 4-Phase,Neutral,Earth connected to correct terminal at

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 2- No Short Circuit between Phase and Earth caused by

 3- No Short Circuit between Neutral and Earth caused by

 4-No Short Circuit among Phase, Neutral,and Earth

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Recommended Result of testing:

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 1.Ensure no Switch Two Pole within light indicator used in

 testing will be carried once terminal on that switch disconnected.

 3.Ensure no apparatus connected at lamp holder/ socket

 4.For LV Single Wiring system ,insulation resistance tested among three

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Test : Phase-Phase,Phase to Neutral,Phase to Earth

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Using voltage detector( Test pen)/Voltage measurement

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 Effect incorrect phase sequence.

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Recommended Result of testing:

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Recommended Result of testing: