Relays are electromechanical devices that use a magnetic solenoid to actual a switch. When current is passed through the solenoid coil, it produces a magnetic field. The magnetic field is strengthened ...

Protective relay testing verifies that installed relays will trip correctly under real fault conditions, confirming settings, ...

Verification and diagnosis of complex switching operations in a test system has been made easier with the introduction of built-in self-testing capabilities to select models of Pickering Interfaces' ...

Ideally a test engineer would connect a separate instrument to each test point of a Device Undergoing Test (DUT), thereby providing the highest performance and most accurate measurements. But this is ...

The Barrington Model Circuit Breaker Simulator was designed to be a convenient, lightweight alternative to operating high-voltage circuit breakers while testing the operation of substation protection ...

Shorts and opens testing can evaluate a semiconductor package before functional test, and the technique can also be used for failure analysis. According to Pickering Interfaces, one or more ...

A May 2014 fire knocked out the Martin Drake Power Plant of Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU). The fire damaged all three coal-fired units, quickly disabling the entire 254 MW facility. The plant ...