Electrical safety testers are instruments used to test diverse electrical safety such as testing outlet polarity, line voltage level, ampere rating, medical equipment, and others. These instruments can be used for many different types of measurements including:
Dielectric withstand test (also called a hipot test)
Insulation resistance test (IR test)
Ground bond resistance tester (GB test)
Leakage current test (LC Tester)
AC or DC hipot, outlet polarity, line leakage, and appliance testing. Electrical safety testers may also be used for other measurement applications. Electrical safety tests are described in various national and international standards.
Additionally, electrical safety testers are available with different interfaces. Interface options include general-purpose interface bus (GPIB), RS232 or ANSI 232, printer port interfaces, scanner port interfaces, and print out. Additional display and interface options may also be available.