Electrical safety testing

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In electrical engineering, electrical safety testing is essential to make sure electrical products and installations are safe. To meet this goal, governments and various technical bodies have developed electrical safety standards. All countries have their own electrical safety standards that must be complied with. To meet to these standards, electrical products and installations must pass electrical safety tests.

Some types of electrical safety tests include:

• dielectric withstand test (also called a hipot test)
• insulation resistance test (IR test)
• earth continuity test
• leakage current test

Electrical safety tests are described in various national and international standards.