In a perfect world, electrical insulation would allow no current to flow through it. Unfortunately, several factors can — and will — result in the deterioration and ultimate failure of electrical ...

Electrical insulation begins to age and thus deteriorate as soon as it is made. Exposure to harsh environmental conditions, such as extreme temperatures, mechanical damage, and chemical vapors, ...

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In the second part of this series on the highs and lows of resistance measurements, I illustrated the differences between two-wire and four-wire resistance measurements on an actual low ohmic sample ...

One of those useful things to have around on your bench is a decade resistance box, essentially a dial-a-resistance instrument. They used to be quite expensive in line with the cost of close-tolerance ...

In the first part of this series on the highs and lows of resistance measurements, I discussed the basic principles for making two- and 4-wire resistance measurements for measuring resistances of less ...