The ground bond test (also called PE resistance test, ground continuity test), is the first test required by the electrical safety testing standards.
The ground bond test consists in testing whether the ground points of a device under test are well connected in between each other, and also to the mains ground.
The measure result of a ground bond test is a resistance value, which has to be lower than the indicated limit from the international standards.
FOUR WIRE MEASUREMENT (KELVIN METHOD) FOR GROUND BOND TEST
When measuring low value resistances (for the ground bond test for instance), an important error source is coming from the contact resistance. Actually, in many applications, the contact resistance value can go beyond the value which has to be measured.
The method to cancel this error source, is to supply a high stability permanent current over 2 wires and to combine a voltage measurement on 2 other wires. The voltmeter which is used to measure the voltage drop at the resistance terminals, must have a high input impedance and a good measurement accuracy.
The diagram opposite shows the 4 wire measurement principle used in our milliohmmeters (ground bond test).
Because of the high input impedance of the voltmeter, there is no error due to the leads resistance and the contacts in the voltage measurement circuit. Actually any current is flowing through these wires.
We are offering a wide range of 4 wire accessories (Kelvin type) to make easy the connection on the specimen to be measured.
接地连续性测试标准要求
测试目的:验证所有与操作者有接触的导电部件接地是否良好
测试方法:加载一个合适的电流,测试电压值,得出阻抗值
一般选用四线测量法(开尔文测试),最大程度去除接触阻抗影响(线损分流)
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测试标准 | EN61010-1 | EN60335-1 | EN60950 | EN60598-1 | EN60204-1 | EN61131-2 |
测试电压 | 10V AC or DC | 12V | < 12V | < 12V | 无要求 | < 12V |
测试电流 | 25A AC or DC | 25A AC or DC | 25A AC or DC | ≤ 10 | ≥10A | 30A |
阈值 | 0.1Ω | 0.1Ω | 0.1Ω | 0.5Ω | 0.1Ω | 0.1Ω |
测试时间 | 1min | 无要求 | 无要求 | 无要求 | >10s | ≥ 2min |