Cable Testing Concepts and Overview:

• Hipot Testing FAQ - Introduction to Hipot Testing
• Verify Cable Tester Programs BEFORE Testing
• Understanding Cable Test Results
• Causes of Bad Connections
• Flux Can Cause Defects in Cables
• Causes of Bad Insulation
• Flux Can Cause Insulation Defects in Cables
• Glossary of Harness and Cable Testing Terms

Building and Maintaining Cable Test Fixturing:

• Bad Cable or Bad Fixturing? ~ Testing Your Adapters.
• Rules for Selecting Connectors for Your Fixturing
• Understanding 2-wire and 4-wire resistance measurements.
• Harness Board Fixturing Using easy-wire
• How to Make & Use Harness Board Templates
  
  

Guidelines for Testing Cables and Harnesses (Voltages, Currents, Resistances)

• A-620 Cable Testing Standards
• Guidelines for Setting Resistance Testing Thresholds
• Guidelines for Low Voltage Tests
• Guidelines for Production Testing of Wired Assemblies
• Guidelines for Using Voltage to Detect Insulation Defects
  
  

Cable or Harness Testing Approaches or Stradegies:

• Strategies to prevent Shipment of Defective Cables
• Lean "One Piece Flow" and Verifying Labels on Discrete Wires
• Using Digital-I/O - Adding common I/O features to your tests
• Script Creation - Developing Custom Test Applications
• Guided Assembly with easy-wire
• Understanding High Voltage Testing of Cables with Components.
• Guidelines for Testing Components (Resistors, Capacitors, Diodes etc)
• Second Side Pinning with Guided Assembly
• Testing Intermittent Connections
• Understanding Twisted Pair Testing
• Understanding and Testing SCSI Terminators (Touch 1)
• Using Scripts for Custom Testing
  
  

Reference Information for Cable Testing

• High voltage arc distance
• The resistance of wire - with online calculator
• Estimating the resistance of wires in your DUT - an online calculator
• Estimating the capacitance of wires in your DUT - an online calculator
• The temperature coefficient of copper
• Table of common pull strengths (per wire size)