ABSTRACT
Three Purposes for Inspection, Testing, and Diagnosis Inspection, diagnostics, and testing fall into three different categories, with three different purposes:
1. Acceptance, or capability testing − new equipment is often tested to verify that it both is undamaged and ready for service, and that it meets specifications as to capability, losses, impedance, and a host of other factors important in its performance. Some of these tests may be the same as performed later during routine inspections or condition evaluation, but many are unique, one-time evaluations, such as a test for no load and load-related losses performed on new transformers, to verify what was built to specification.
