<div dir="ltr"><div>Here is a link to the insulation tester that I bought for $38.61US: <a href="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32888285436.html">https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32888285436.html</a> The goal being not to repeat destruction of my test setup by faulty PSU construction.<br></div><div><br></div><div>For a PSU / Wall Wart test I short live and neutral together and perform a 1000V test between Live+Neutral and Earth (if there is one) and between Live+Neutral and 0v output.</div><div><br></div><div>So far I've not detected any leakage on everything that I've tested, and I've not blown up any electronics either.</div><div><br></div><div>When I measured the tester output voltage it came up short of 1000V, which I put down to the input resistance of my voltmeter in series with the unspecified output resistance of the tester.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I could bring the tester along to the next meeting if anyone is interested, while keeping in mind that it is a potentially dangerous device (pun intended :-)</div><div><br></div><div>I'm no expert on insulation testing other than having designed Telco line interfaces years ago, so any comments on the test approach most welcome.<br></div><div><br></div><div>For telco line interfaces we used to consider 5mm PCB gaps between copper tracks adequate insulation. These days I find that JLCPCB are quite happy to route air gaps between mains and low voltage connections for no extra charge. So I design 1.5mm air gaps as well on a pcb routing layer. I view this as a much safer approach to give reasonable isolation even when things get damp and/or dirty.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Richard Jones<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 2:24 PM Volker Kuhlmann <<a href="mailto:list57@top.geek.nz">list57@top.geek.nz</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu 21 Jan 2021 14:33:11 NZDT +1300, Richard Jones wrote:<br>
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> Consequently I bought a new laptop motherboard, rpi, and a HV insulation<br>
> tester!<br>
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Could you give details on the HV tester, please? How much can one test<br>
without blowing electronics up with the tester? Ta.<br>
<br>
Volker<br>
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