Ground Resistance Testers for Electrical Safety: Key Tools for Ensuring Compliance

Electrical safety testing is an essential part of quality control for almost all electronic products. Good grounding is needed to prevent costly damage to an electronic product as well as to avoid service interruptions and potentially dangerous operating conditions to a user. Effective grounding systems support the use of safety components such as protection relays and help protect sensitive electronic components from over-voltage conditions that can occur from manufacturing errors such as poor solder joints or even performance degradation that can occur from faulty insulation. Establishing a safe electrical environment involves ensuring that the resistance of the electrical ground path is suitably low to satisfy the requirements of applicable electrical safety standards, such as those set forth by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). It also involves measurements capable of determining an electronic product’s behavior under adverse conditions, such as voltage surges,

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