Contact Resistance
Review status: Unreviewed
Data records
- Contact Resistance is specified for automatic transfer switches in emergency systems in acceptance testing at clause 7.22.3.B.4 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: automatic transfer switches in emergency systems.
- Contact Resistance is specified for automatic transfer switches in emergency systems in maintenance testing at clause 7.22.3.B.3 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: automatic transfer switches in emergency systems.
- Contact Resistance is specified for oil and vacuum automatic circuit reclosers in acceptance testing at clause 7.24.1.B.3 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: oil and vacuum automatic circuit reclosers.
- Contact Resistance is specified for oil and vacuum automatic circuit reclosers in maintenance testing at clause 7.24.1.B.3 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: oil and vacuum automatic circuit reclosers.
- Contact Resistance is specified for medium-voltage motor starters in acceptance testing at clause 7.16.1.2.B.6 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: medium-voltage motor starters.
- Contact Resistance is specified for medium-voltage motor starters in maintenance testing at clause 7.16.1.2.B.7 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: medium-voltage motor starters.
- Contact Resistance is specified for low-voltage network protectors in acceptance testing at clause 7.8.B.3 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: low-voltage network protectors.
- Contact Resistance is specified for low-voltage network protectors in maintenance testing at clause 7.8.B.3 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: low-voltage network protectors.
- Contact Resistance is specified for oil automatic line sectionalizers in acceptance testing at clause 7.24.2.B.3 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: oil automatic line sectionalizers.
- Contact Resistance is specified for oil automatic line sectionalizers in maintenance testing at clause 7.24.2.B.3 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: oil automatic line sectionalizers.
- Contact Resistance is specified for low-voltage air switches in acceptance testing at clause 7.5.1.1.B.2 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: low-voltage air switches.
- Contact Resistance is specified for low-voltage air switches in maintenance testing at clause 7.5.1.1.B of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: low-voltage air switches.
- Contact Resistance is addressed in ANSI/NETA ATS-2025.
- Contact Resistance is addressed in ANSI/NETA MTS-2023.
- The test method is named Contact Resistance. Value: Contact Resistance.
Sources
- ANSI/NETA ATS-2025, Acceptance Testing Specifications for Electrical Power Equipment and Systems, 2025 edition, NETA. Cited: clause 7.22.3.B.4; clause 7.24.1.B.3; clause 7.16.1.2.B.6; clause 7.8.B.3; clause 7.24.2.B.3; clause 7.5.1.1.B.2. Held as: Purchased single-user copy. Publisher page
- ANSI/NETA MTS-2023, Maintenance Testing Specifications for Electrical Power Equipment and Systems, 2023 edition, NETA. Cited: clause 7.22.3.B.3; clause 7.24.1.B.3; clause 7.16.1.2.B.7; clause 7.8.B.3; clause 7.24.2.B.3; clause 7.5.1.1.B. Held as: Purchased single-user copy. Publisher page
- Electrical Testing Reference editorial taxonomy, Electrical Testing Reference editorial taxonomy of test methods, 2026-10 edition, Electrical Testing Reference. Held as: Own observation.
Obtaining the documents
- ANSI/NETA ATS-2025: publisher catalog or sales page
- ANSI/NETA MTS-2023: publisher catalog or sales page
Changelog (17 entries)
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| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.ats-transfer.acceptance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.ats-transfer.maintenance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.breaker.acceptance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.breaker.maintenance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.motor.acceptance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.motor.maintenance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.network-protector.acceptance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | edited (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.network-protector.acceptance) | statement regenerated from corrected seed source (prose rule 7) | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.network-protector.maintenance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | edited (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.network-protector.maintenance) | statement regenerated from corrected seed source (prose rule 7) | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.sectionalizer.acceptance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.sectionalizer.maintenance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.switch.acceptance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.equipment.switch.maintenance) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.governed-by.ansi-neta-ats) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.governed-by.ansi-neta-mts) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent | |
| 2026-10-13 | created (tests.contact-resistance.title) | seeded from the test taxonomy | agent |
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@misc{etr-tests-contact-resistance,
title = {Contact Resistance},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.electricaltestingreference.com/tests/contact-resistance/}},
organization = {Electrical Testing Reference},
publisher = {Electrical Testing Reference},
year = {2026},
note = {last substantive change 2026-10-13}
} Wikipedia
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