Typical Acceptance Testing

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xguard

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Masterspec has the following tests for panelboards under "field quality control".

1. Test insulation resistance for each panelboard bus, component, connecting supply, feeder, and control circuit.
2. Test continuity of each circuit.
3. Initial Infared Scanning - (each panel board)
4. Follow-up Infared Scanning -(each panel board)

We typically only require insulation resistance testing for roadway lighting and not for office buildings. We've never called for infared scanning on any projects that I know of. Are these tests commonly performed for office buildings? I don't want to specify unnecessary tests just because they're an option in Master Spec. I'm asking about the initial design projects and rehabilitation projects, not from a maintenance perspective.
 
xguard said:
Masterspec has the following tests for panelboards under "field quality control".

1. Test insulation resistance for each panelboard bus, component, connecting supply, feeder, and control circuit.
2. Test continuity of each circuit.
3. Initial Infared Scanning - (each panel board)
4. Follow-up Infared Scanning -(each panel board)

We typically only require insulation resistance testing for roadway lighting and not for office buildings. We've never called for infared scanning on any projects that I know of. Are these tests commonly performed for office buildings? I don't want to specify unnecessary tests just because they're an option in Master Spec. I'm asking about the initial design projects and rehabilitation projects, not from a maintenance perspective.
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You need money to post questions to get answers. Thats what i have been told

 
xguard said:
People actually use this? As in not just call for it in specifications but you see it actually done on the job?
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As a field engineer for Westinghouse in the 70's and later with an independent testing co. when NETA was formed
we used their ATS and MTS testing specs as our Bible.
All NETA did was take industry standards like IEEE, NEMA, etc and re-wrote them in a more easy to understand format.
That was the positive side. What I didn't like was you could take the NETA test, become a certified NETA tech with a co
but if you left the co you could not carry the certification to the new co.
 
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