ELECTRIC CABLES - SPARK-TEST METHOD

Published date

01-12-2013

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INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Types of voltage waveform
3 Procedure
4 Equipment
  4.1 Safety
  4.2 High voltage source
  4.3 Voltage monitoring equipment
  4.4 Fault indicator
  4.5 Electrodes
  4.6 Design of electrodes
5 Test voltages
6 Sensitivity
  6.1 AC, d.c. and h.f. voltages
  6.2 Pulsed voltages
  6.3 Method of assessment
7 Calibration
  7.1 General
  7.2 Verification frequency
Annex A (informative) Recommended minimum voltage levels
Annex B (informative) Example of an artificial fault device
Annex C (informative) Notes on the use of spark testing
                      machines
Bibliography

Specifies spark-test that is intended for the detection of defects in the insulation or sheathing layers of electric cables. For single core cables with no outer metallic layer, the general process is accepted as being equivalent to subjecting samples of those cables to a voltage test in water.

DevelopmentNote	Indice de classement: C32-022. PR NF EN 62230 May 2005. (05/2005) Supersedes NF EN 50356. (05/2008)
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	Association Francaise de Normalisation
Status	Current
Supersedes	NF EN 50356 : 2003

Standards	Relationship
BS EN 62230 : 2007	Identical
I.S. EN 62230:2007	Identical
NBN EN 62230 : 2007 AMD 1 2014	Identical
UNE-EN 62230:2007	Identical
EN 62230:2007/A1:2014	Identical
IEC 62230:2006+AMD1:2013 CSV	Identical

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