E.C. Electrical Contractors, Inc.

You use a hipot test to make sure you have good insulation between the parts of a circuit. Having good insulation helps to guarantee the safety and quality of electrical circuits. Hipot tests are helpful in finding nicked or crushed insulation, stray wire strands or braided shielding, conductive or corrosive contaminants around the conductors, terminal spacing problems, and tolerance errors in IDC cables. All of these conditions might cause a device to fail.