A new hyper-scale data center was built in rural New Jersey that’s served by more than 100 25kV cables. Six months into operation, a cable termination failed catastrophically, and the forensic ...

When designers worry about the distance between power source and load, it’s usually related to losses due to IR drop (V = IR) or noise pickup. The IR-drop problem can be addressed by various ...

For the past several years, the maintenance department has conducted insulation resistance (IR) tests on feeder cables and on conductors of critical branch circuits. Where a test indicates a problem ...

The measurement engineer can view the values from tan δ and partial-discharge testing directly in the cable test van. Clear representation helps to detect severe defects or locate partial discharges ...