Data records

Each statement in Transformer Testing Reference is recorded as a data record with its source, verification date, review status and history. The index lists 177 records by subject.

Test methods

Bolted connection resistance

Data records for Bolted connection resistance.
RecordStatement
tests.bolted-connection-resistance.equipment.regulator.acceptanceBolted Connection Resistance is specified for step voltage regulators in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.1 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.bolted-connection-resistance.equipment.regulator.maintenanceBolted Connection Resistance is specified for step voltage regulators in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.1 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.bolted-connection-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceBolted Connection Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.1 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.bolted-connection-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceBolted Connection Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.1 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.bolted-connection-resistance.equipment.transformer.acceptanceBolted Connection Resistance is specified for small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.1.B.1 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.bolted-connection-resistance.equipment.transformer.maintenanceBolted Connection Resistance is specified for small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.1.B.1 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers.

Bushing power factor and capacitance

Data records for Bushing power factor and capacitance.
RecordStatement
tests.bushing-power-factor-and-capacitance.equipment.regulator.acceptanceBushing Power Factor and Capacitance is specified for step voltage regulators in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.4 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.bushing-power-factor-and-capacitance.equipment.regulator.maintenanceBushing Power Factor and Capacitance is specified for step voltage regulators in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.4 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.bushing-power-factor-and-capacitance.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceBushing Power Factor and Capacitance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.5 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.bushing-power-factor-and-capacitance.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceBushing Power Factor and Capacitance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.5 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.

Control and functional verification

Data records for Control and functional verification.
RecordStatement
tests.control-and-functional-verification.equipment.regulator.acceptanceControl and Functional Verification is specified for step voltage regulators in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.11 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.control-and-functional-verification.equipment.regulator.maintenanceControl and Functional Verification is specified for step voltage regulators in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.10 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.control-and-functional-verification.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceControl and Functional Verification is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.19 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.control-and-functional-verification.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceControl and Functional Verification is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.19 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.control-and-functional-verification.equipment.transformer.acceptanceControl and Functional Verification is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.10 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.control-and-functional-verification.equipment.transformer.maintenanceControl and Functional Verification is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.10 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.

Dielectric frequency response

Data records for Dielectric frequency response.
RecordStatement
tests.dielectric-frequency-response.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceDielectric Frequency Response is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.13 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.dielectric-frequency-response.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceDielectric Frequency Response is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.13 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.

Dielectric withstand

Data records for Dielectric withstand.
RecordStatement
tests.dielectric-withstand.equipment.transformer.acceptanceDielectric Withstand is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.9 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.dielectric-withstand.equipment.transformer.maintenanceDielectric Withstand is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.9 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.

Dynamic Winding Resistance

Data records for Dynamic Winding Resistance.
RecordStatement
tests.dynamic-winding-resistance.equipment.regulator.acceptanceDynamic Winding Resistance is specified for step voltage regulators in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.6 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.dynamic-winding-resistance.equipment.regulator.maintenanceDynamic Winding Resistance is specified for load tap changers in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.3.B.5 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: load tap changers.
tests.dynamic-winding-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceDynamic Winding Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.9 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.dynamic-winding-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceDynamic Winding Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.9 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.dynamic-winding-resistance.governed-by.ansi-neta-atsDynamic Winding Resistance is addressed in ANSI/NETA ATS-2025.
tests.dynamic-winding-resistance.governed-by.ansi-neta-mtsDynamic Winding Resistance is addressed in ANSI/NETA MTS-2023.
tests.dynamic-winding-resistance.titleThe test method is named Dynamic Winding Resistance. Value: Dynamic Winding Resistance.

Gas Blanket Oxygen Content

Data records for Gas Blanket Oxygen Content.
RecordStatement
tests.gas-blanket-oxygen-content.equipment.reactor.acceptanceGas Blanket Oxygen Content is specified for liquid-filled shunt and current-limiting reactors in acceptance testing at clause 7.20.3.2.B.6 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled shunt and current-limiting reactors.
tests.gas-blanket-oxygen-content.equipment.reactor.maintenanceGas Blanket Oxygen Content is specified for liquid-filled shunt and current-limiting reactors in maintenance testing at clause 7.20.3.2.B of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled shunt and current-limiting reactors.
tests.gas-blanket-oxygen-content.equipment.regulator.acceptanceGas Blanket Oxygen Content is specified for step voltage regulators in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.9 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.gas-blanket-oxygen-content.equipment.regulator.maintenanceGas Blanket Oxygen Content is specified for step voltage regulators in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.7 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.gas-blanket-oxygen-content.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceGas Blanket Oxygen Content is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.12 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.gas-blanket-oxygen-content.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceGas Blanket Oxygen Content is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.12 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.gas-blanket-oxygen-content.governed-by.ansi-neta-atsGas Blanket Oxygen Content is addressed in ANSI/NETA ATS-2025.
tests.gas-blanket-oxygen-content.governed-by.ansi-neta-mtsGas Blanket Oxygen Content is addressed in ANSI/NETA MTS-2023.
tests.gas-blanket-oxygen-content.titleThe test method is named Gas Blanket Oxygen Content. Value: Gas Blanket Oxygen Content.

Insulation power factor dissipation factor

Data records for Insulation power factor dissipation factor.
RecordStatement
tests.insulation-power-factor-dissipation-factor.equipment.regulator.acceptanceInsulation Power Factor Dissipation Factor is specified for step voltage regulators in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.3 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.insulation-power-factor-dissipation-factor.equipment.regulator.maintenanceInsulation Power Factor Dissipation Factor is specified for step voltage regulators in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.3 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.insulation-power-factor-dissipation-factor.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceInsulation Power Factor Dissipation Factor is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.4 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.insulation-power-factor-dissipation-factor.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceInsulation Power Factor Dissipation Factor is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.4 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.insulation-power-factor-dissipation-factor.equipment.transformer.acceptanceInsulation Power Factor Dissipation Factor is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.3 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.insulation-power-factor-dissipation-factor.equipment.transformer.maintenanceInsulation Power Factor Dissipation Factor is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.3 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.

Insulation resistance

Data records for Insulation resistance.
RecordStatement
tests.insulation-resistance.equipment.regulator.acceptanceInsulation Resistance is specified for step voltage regulators in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.2 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.insulation-resistance.equipment.regulator.maintenanceInsulation Resistance is specified for step voltage regulators in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.2 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.insulation-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceInsulation Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.2 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.insulation-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceInsulation Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.2 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.insulation-resistance.equipment.transformer.acceptanceInsulation Resistance is specified for small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.1.B.2 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.insulation-resistance.equipment.transformer.maintenanceInsulation Resistance is specified for small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.1.B.2 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers.

Leakage Reactance

Data records for Leakage Reactance.
RecordStatement
tests.leakage-reactance.equipment.regulator.acceptanceLeakage Reactance is specified for step voltage regulators in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.7 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.leakage-reactance.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceLeakage Reactance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.10 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.leakage-reactance.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceLeakage Reactance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.10 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.leakage-reactance.governed-by.ansi-neta-atsLeakage Reactance is addressed in ANSI/NETA ATS-2025.
tests.leakage-reactance.governed-by.ansi-neta-mtsLeakage Reactance is addressed in ANSI/NETA MTS-2023.
tests.leakage-reactance.governed-by.ieee-c57-15Leakage Reactance is addressed in IEEE/IEC C57.15-2017.
tests.leakage-reactance.ieeec57-12-90.factorsClause 9.2 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 notes that the tap position changes both the load losses and the impedance, that a rise in temperature raises the resistive loss and lowers the stray loss, and that, because the test runs at a low power factor, a phase-angle error in the metering instruments materially affects the measured loss.
tests.leakage-reactance.ieeec57-12-90.impedance-voltage-definitionIEEE C57.12.90-2021 defines impedance voltage as the voltage required to circulate rated current through one winding while the other winding is short-circuited, with the windings connected for rated voltage; it is stated relative to the energized winding's rated voltage and resolves into an in-phase resistance drop and a quadrature reactance drop that combine as a phasor sum.
tests.leakage-reactance.ieeec57-12-90.reactive-componentClause 9.4.3 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 separates impedance voltage into a resistance component, which is corrected to the reference temperature, and a reactance component, which is independent of temperature, and recombines them as a phasor sum.
tests.leakage-reactance.titleThe test method is named Leakage Reactance. Value: Leakage Reactance.

Partial discharge online

Data records for Partial discharge online.
RecordStatement
tests.partial-discharge-online.equipment.transformer.acceptancePartial Discharge Online is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.12 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.partial-discharge-online.equipment.transformer.maintenancePartial Discharge Online is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.12 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.

Polarization index and dielectric absorption

Data records for Polarization index and dielectric absorption.
RecordStatement
tests.polarization-index-and-dielectric-absorption.equipment.regulator.maintenancePolarization Index and Dielectric Absorption is specified for induction voltage regulators in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.1.2.B.2 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: induction voltage regulators.

Power factor tip up

Data records for Power factor tip up.
RecordStatement
tests.power-factor-tip-up.equipment.transformer.acceptancePower Factor Tip Up is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.4 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.power-factor-tip-up.equipment.transformer.maintenancePower Factor Tip Up is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.4 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.

Resistor and coil resistance

Data records for Resistor and coil resistance.
RecordStatement
tests.resistor-and-coil-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceResistor and Coil Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.18 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.resistor-and-coil-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceResistor and Coil Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.18 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.

Surge arrester and spd tests

Data records for Surge arrester and spd tests.
RecordStatement
tests.surge-arrester-and-spd-tests.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceSurge Arrester and SPD Tests is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.17 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.surge-arrester-and-spd-tests.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceSurge Arrester and SPD Tests is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.17 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.surge-arrester-and-spd-tests.equipment.transformer.acceptanceSurge Arrester and SPD Tests is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.11 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.surge-arrester-and-spd-tests.equipment.transformer.maintenanceSurge Arrester and SPD Tests is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.11 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.

Sweep Frequency Response Analysis

Data records for Sweep Frequency Response Analysis.
RecordStatement
tests.sweep-frequency-response-analysis.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceSweep Frequency Response Analysis is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.7 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.sweep-frequency-response-analysis.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceSweep Frequency Response Analysis is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.7 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.sweep-frequency-response-analysis.governed-by.ansi-neta-atsSweep Frequency Response Analysis is addressed in ANSI/NETA ATS-2025.
tests.sweep-frequency-response-analysis.governed-by.ansi-neta-mtsSweep Frequency Response Analysis is addressed in ANSI/NETA MTS-2023.
tests.sweep-frequency-response-analysis.titleThe test method is named Sweep Frequency Response Analysis. Value: Sweep Frequency Response Analysis.

Transformer Core Insulation Resistance

Data records for Transformer Core Insulation Resistance.
RecordStatement
tests.transformer-core-insulation-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceTransformer Core Insulation Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.11 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.transformer-core-insulation-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceTransformer Core Insulation Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.11 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.transformer-core-insulation-resistance.equipment.transformer.acceptanceTransformer Core Insulation Resistance is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.8 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.transformer-core-insulation-resistance.equipment.transformer.maintenanceTransformer Core Insulation Resistance is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.8 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.transformer-core-insulation-resistance.governed-by.ansi-neta-atsTransformer Core Insulation Resistance is addressed in ANSI/NETA ATS-2025.
tests.transformer-core-insulation-resistance.governed-by.ansi-neta-mtsTransformer Core Insulation Resistance is addressed in ANSI/NETA MTS-2023.
tests.transformer-core-insulation-resistance.titleThe test method is named Transformer Core Insulation Resistance. Value: Transformer Core Insulation Resistance.

Transformer Excitation Current

Data records for Transformer Excitation Current.
RecordStatement
tests.transformer-excitation-current.equipment.regulator.acceptanceTransformer Excitation Current is specified for load tap changers in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.3.B.12 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: load tap changers.
tests.transformer-excitation-current.equipment.regulator.maintenanceTransformer Excitation Current is specified for load tap changers in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.3.B.12 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: load tap changers.
tests.transformer-excitation-current.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceTransformer Excitation Current is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.6 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.transformer-excitation-current.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceTransformer Excitation Current is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.6 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.transformer-excitation-current.equipment.transformer.acceptanceTransformer Excitation Current is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.6 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.transformer-excitation-current.equipment.transformer.maintenanceTransformer Excitation Current is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.6 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.transformer-excitation-current.governed-by.ansi-neta-atsTransformer Excitation Current is addressed in ANSI/NETA ATS-2025.
tests.transformer-excitation-current.governed-by.ansi-neta-mtsTransformer Excitation Current is addressed in ANSI/NETA MTS-2023.
tests.transformer-excitation-current.ieeec57-12-90.basisClause 8.5 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 states excitation current relative to the energized winding's rated line current, uses the smallest kVA rating as the base on a unit that carries more than one cooling-class rating, and for a three-phase unit averages the magnitudes of the line currents recorded during the no-load loss test.
tests.transformer-excitation-current.ieeec57-12-90.factory-basisIn IEEE C57.12.90-2021 excitation current is a factory quantity measured at rated voltage on a sine-wave basis during the no-load loss test of clause 8, with the test voltage set by the average-voltage voltmeter method of clause 8.2; the code gives no field procedure for excitation current.
tests.transformer-excitation-current.titleThe test method is named Transformer Excitation Current. Value: Transformer Excitation Current.

Transformer Turns Ratio

Data records for Transformer Turns Ratio.
RecordStatement
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.equipment.instrument.acceptanceTransformer Turns Ratio is specified for voltage transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.10.2.B.3 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: voltage transformers.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.equipment.instrument.maintenanceTransformer Turns Ratio is specified for voltage transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.10.2.B.4 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: voltage transformers.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.equipment.regulator.acceptanceTransformer Turns Ratio is specified for step voltage regulators in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.10 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.equipment.regulator.maintenanceTransformer Turns Ratio is specified for step voltage regulators in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.8 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceTransformer Turns Ratio is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.3 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceTransformer Turns Ratio is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.3 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.equipment.transformer.acceptanceTransformer Turns Ratio is specified for small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.1.B.3 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.equipment.transformer.maintenanceTransformer Turns Ratio is specified for small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.1.B.3 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.governed-by.ansi-neta-atsTransformer Turns Ratio is addressed in ANSI/NETA ATS-2025.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.governed-by.ansi-neta-mtsTransformer Turns Ratio is addressed in ANSI/NETA MTS-2023.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.governed-by.ieee-c57-12-00Transformer Turns Ratio is addressed in IEEE C57.12.00-2021.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.governed-by.ieee-c57-12-01Transformer Turns Ratio is addressed in IEEE C57.12.01-2020.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.governed-by.ieee-c57-18-10Transformer Turns Ratio is addressed in IEEE C57.18.10-2021.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.ieeec57-12-90.conditionsClause 7.1 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 runs the ratio test at rated or lower voltage and at rated or higher frequency, prefers single-phase excitation on three-phase units when each phase is accessible, and, where a wye neutral is inaccessible, creates a virtual neutral by shorting one phase with the connections of Figure 9.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.ieeec57-12-90.definitionIEEE C57.12.90-2021 defines turns ratio as the turns of the high-voltage winding divided by the turns of the low-voltage winding, with a tapped winding taken at the turns for its normal rated voltage, and clause 7.1.1 has the ratio determined for every tap and for the full winding.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.ieeec57-12-90.methodsClause 7.3 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 gives three ratio methods: two voltmeters read simultaneously and then interchanged, comparison against a transformer of known ratio, and a ratio meter based on a resistance potentiometer circuit that can also indicate polarity, phase relation and phase sequence.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.ieeec57-12-90.tolerance-deferredClause 7.2 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 contains no ratio tolerance of its own; it refers the tolerance to clause 9.1 of IEEE C57.12.00-2021.
tests.transformer-turns-ratio.titleThe test method is named Transformer Turns Ratio. Value: Transformer Turns Ratio.

Vacuum interrupter integrity

Data records for Vacuum interrupter integrity.
RecordStatement
tests.vacuum-interrupter-integrity.equipment.regulator.acceptanceVacuum Interrupter Integrity is specified for load tap changers in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.3.B.11 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: load tap changers.
tests.vacuum-interrupter-integrity.equipment.regulator.maintenanceVacuum Interrupter Integrity is specified for load tap changers in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.3.B.10 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: load tap changers.

Vacuum interrupter mac test

Data records for Vacuum interrupter mac test.
RecordStatement
tests.vacuum-interrupter-mac-test.equipment.regulator.acceptanceVacuum Interrupter MAC Test is specified for load tap changers in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.3.B.10 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: load tap changers.
tests.vacuum-interrupter-mac-test.equipment.regulator.maintenanceVacuum Interrupter MAC Test is specified for load tap changers in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.3.B.9 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: load tap changers.

Visual and mechanical inspection

Data records for Visual and mechanical inspection.
RecordStatement
tests.visual-and-mechanical-inspection.equipment.regulator.acceptanceVisual and Mechanical Inspection is specified for step voltage regulators in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.A of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.visual-and-mechanical-inspection.equipment.regulator.maintenanceVisual and Mechanical Inspection is specified for step voltage regulators in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.A of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.visual-and-mechanical-inspection.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceVisual and Mechanical Inspection is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.A of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.visual-and-mechanical-inspection.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceVisual and Mechanical Inspection is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.A of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.visual-and-mechanical-inspection.equipment.transformer.acceptanceVisual and Mechanical Inspection is specified for small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.1.A of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.visual-and-mechanical-inspection.equipment.transformer.maintenanceVisual and Mechanical Inspection is specified for small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.1.A of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: small low-voltage air-cooled dry-type transformers.

Winding resistance

Data records for Winding resistance.
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tests.winding-resistance.equipment.regulator.acceptanceWinding Resistance is specified for step voltage regulators in acceptance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.5 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.winding-resistance.equipment.regulator.maintenanceWinding Resistance is specified for step voltage regulators in maintenance testing at clause 7.12.1.1.B.5 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: step voltage regulators.
tests.winding-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.acceptanceWinding Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.8 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.winding-resistance.equipment.transformer-fluid.maintenanceWinding Resistance is specified for liquid-filled transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.2.B.8 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: liquid-filled transformers.
tests.winding-resistance.equipment.transformer.acceptanceWinding Resistance is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in acceptance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.7 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.
tests.winding-resistance.equipment.transformer.maintenanceWinding Resistance is specified for large air-cooled dry-type transformers in maintenance testing at clause 7.2.1.2.B.7 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023. Value: large air-cooled dry-type transformers.

Standards

IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers

Data records for IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers.
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std.ieee-c57-12-01.designationIEEE C57.12.01-2020 is the designation of the document titled IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers. Value: IEEE C57.12.01-2020.
std.ieee-c57-12-01.edition.2020IEEE C57.12.01-2020 is the 2020 edition of the IEEE document titled IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers, published on 2020-11-24. Value: 2020.
std.ieee-c57-12-01.scopeThe standard covers the electrical, mechanical and safety requirements of dry-type distribution and power transformers and autotransformers in ventilated, non-ventilated and sealed constructions, where the highest-voltage winding is above the low-voltage class stated in the datum value. Value: 601 V.
std.ieee-c57-12-01.statusThe IEEE catalog lists IEEE C57.12.01-2020 with the status Active Standard. Value: Active Standard.
std.ieee-c57-12-01.titleThe publisher catalog gives the full title of IEEE C57.12.01-2020 as IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers. Value: IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers.

IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers

Data records for IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers.
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std.ieee-c57-12-00.designationIEEE C57.12.00-2021 is the designation of the document titled IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers. Value: IEEE C57.12.00-2021.
std.ieee-c57-12-00.edition.2021IEEE C57.12.00-2021 is the 2021 edition of the IEEE document titled IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers, published on 2022-01-21. Value: 2021.
std.ieee-c57-12-00.scopeThe standard sets general electrical and mechanical requirements for liquid-immersed distribution, power, autotransformer and regulating transformers whose highest-voltage winding is above the low-voltage class stated in the datum value, and it lists the transformer types it excludes. Value: 601 V.
std.ieee-c57-12-00.statusThe IEEE catalog lists IEEE C57.12.00-2021 with the status Active Standard. Value: Active Standard.
std.ieee-c57-12-00.titleThe publisher catalog gives the full title of IEEE C57.12.00-2021 as IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers. Value: IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers.

IEEE Standard Practices and Requirements for Semiconductor Power Rectifier Transformers

Data records for IEEE Standard Practices and Requirements for Semiconductor Power Rectifier Transformers.
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std.ieee-c57-18-10.designationIEEE C57.18.10-2021 is the designation of the document titled IEEE Standard Practices and Requirements for Semiconductor Power Rectifier Transformers. Value: IEEE C57.18.10-2021.
std.ieee-c57-18-10.edition.2021IEEE C57.18.10-2021 is the 2021 edition of the IEEE document titled IEEE Standard Practices and Requirements for Semiconductor Power Rectifier Transformers, published on 2022-03-29. Value: 2021.
std.ieee-c57-18-10.scopeThe standard covers practices and requirements for single-phase and three-phase transformers serving dedicated semiconductor rectifier loads at or above the minimum rating stated in the datum value, including service conditions and routine tests. Value: 100 kW.
std.ieee-c57-18-10.statusThe IEEE catalog lists IEEE C57.18.10-2021 with the status Active Standard. Value: Active Standard.
std.ieee-c57-18-10.titleThe publisher catalog gives the full title of IEEE C57.18.10-2021 as IEEE Standard Practices and Requirements for Semiconductor Power Rectifier Transformers. Value: IEEE Standard Practices and Requirements for Semiconductor Power Rectifier Transformers.

IEEE Standard Test Code for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers

Data records for IEEE Standard Test Code for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers.
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std.ieee-c57-12-91.designationIEEE C57.12.91-2020 is the designation of the document titled IEEE Standard Test Code for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers. Value: IEEE C57.12.91-2020.
std.ieee-c57-12-91.edition.2020IEEE C57.12.91-2020 is the 2020 edition of the IEEE document titled IEEE Standard Test Code for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers, published on 2021-01-28. Value: 2020.
std.ieee-c57-12-91.scopeThe test code describes test procedures for dry-type distribution and power transformers, and it leaves performance requirements and pass criteria to other standards or to user specifications.
std.ieee-c57-12-91.statusThe IEEE catalog lists IEEE C57.12.91-2020 with the status Superseded Standard, superseded by C57.12.91-2026. Value: Superseded Standard.
std.ieee-c57-12-91.titleThe publisher catalog gives the full title of IEEE C57.12.91-2020 as IEEE Standard Test Code for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers. Value: IEEE Standard Test Code for Dry-Type Distribution and Power Transformers.

IEEE Standard Test Code for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers

Data records for IEEE Standard Test Code for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers.
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std.ieee-c57-12-90.approvedThe IEEE SA Standards Board approved the 2021 edition of IEEE C57.12.90 on 2021-11-09. Value: 2021.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.definition.liquidIn IEEE C57.12.90-2021 the word liquid covers any insulating liquid used in a transformer, including mineral oil, natural ester, synthetic ester, silicone liquid and high molecular weight hydrocarbon.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.designationIEEE C57.12.90-2021 is the designation of the document titled IEEE Standard Test Code for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers. Value: IEEE C57.12.90-2021.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.dielectric-orderClause 10.1.5.1 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 orders the dielectric tests as lightning impulse, then switching impulse, then applied voltage, then induced voltage, with the induced-voltage test always last.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.relationship.c57-12-00IEEE C57.12.90-2021 states test methods only; the requirements and tolerances it applies, such as the ratio tolerance referenced in clause 7.2 and the dielectric test levels referenced in clauses 10.1.2 and 10.5, are held by IEEE C57.12.00-2021.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.revision-ofIEEE C57.12.90-2021 is a revision of IEEE C57.12.90-2015. Value: 2015.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.scopeIEEE C57.12.90-2021 is a factory test code: it gives the methods for the tests that IEEE C57.12.00-2021 and related product standards specify for liquid-immersed distribution, power and regulating transformers, and clause 4.2 assumes that testing takes place at the manufacturer's works or at another facility that has been accepted for the purpose, except where a specification says otherwise. It does not apply to instrument transformers, step-voltage and induction voltage regulators, arc-furnace transformers, rectifier transformers, specialty transformers, grounding transformers or mine transformers.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.sponsorThe sponsor of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 is the Transformers Committee of the IEEE Power and Energy Society.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.structure.annex-bAnnex B of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 is normative and gives the method for converting test results between the two standard power frequencies.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.structure.calculated-dataClause 14 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 covers calculated data: the reference temperature used for load losses, for regulation and for efficiency, the basis on which no-load and load losses are stated, the efficiency calculation, and the voltage regulation of a constant-voltage transformer.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.structure.dielectricClause 10 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 covers the dielectric tests: general conditions and the field dielectric test clause in clause 10.1, impulse tests in clauses 10.2 through 10.4, low-frequency applied and induced voltage tests in clauses 10.5 through 10.8, partial discharge measurement in clause 10.9, insulation power factor in clause 10.10 and insulation resistance in clause 10.11.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.structure.load-lossClause 9 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 covers load losses and impedance voltage: definitions in clause 9.1, the factors that affect the measurement in clause 9.2, test preparation in clause 9.3, the phase-angle and temperature corrections and the impedance components in clause 9.4, and zero-sequence impedance in clause 9.5.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.structure.no-load-lossClause 8 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 covers no-load losses and excitation current: the components of no-load loss and the factors that affect it, the sine-wave basis and waveform correction, the temperature correction, the basis for expressing excitation current, and conversion between power frequencies.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.structure.polarityClause 6 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 covers polarity and phase relation: Figures 2 and 3 define subtractive and additive polarity, the single-phase polarity methods are in clause 6.2 and the polyphase angular displacement and phase sequence methods are in clause 6.3.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.structure.ratioClause 7 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 covers the ratio test: the definition and test conditions in clause 7.1, a tolerance reference to IEEE C57.12.00-2021 in clause 7.2, and the voltmeter, comparison and ratio-meter methods in clause 7.3.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.structure.resistanceClause 5 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 covers winding resistance measurement: determining the cold winding temperature, converting a measured resistance to a reference temperature, the measuring methods, and the connections and reporting for wye, delta and autotransformer windings.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.structure.short-circuitClause 12 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 covers the short-circuit test, grouping transformers into categories by kVA rating in Table 5 and setting in Table 6 of clause 12.5.4 the allowable change in per-phase leakage impedance after a short-circuit test series.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.structure.temperature-rise-and-soundClause 11 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 covers the temperature rise test and clause 13 covers audible sound, with the sound level report forms given as Figures 36 and 37.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.test-orderA note in clause 4.3 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 recommends that the dielectric tests come after the tests made at reduced voltage: winding resistance, polarity with phase relation, turns ratio, no-load loss with excitation current, impedance with load loss, and temperature rise.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.test-typesClauses 4.1 and 4.2 of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 take the test categories routine, design, conformance and other from the IEEE transformer terminology standard and leave the assignment of tests to each category to Table 17 of IEEE C57.12.00-2021.
std.ieee-c57-12-90.titleThe licensed copy of IEEE C57.12.90-2021 carries the full title IEEE Standard Test Code for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers. Value: IEEE Standard Test Code for Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating Transformers.

IEEE/IEC International Standard: Power transformers, Part 21: Standard requirements, terminology, and test code for step-voltage regulators

Data records for IEEE/IEC International Standard: Power transformers, Part 21: Standard requirements, terminology, and test code for step-voltage regulators.
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std.ieee-c57-15.designationIEEE/IEC C57.15-2017 is the designation of the document titled IEEE/IEC International Standard: Power transformers, Part 21: Standard requirements, terminology, and test code for step-voltage regulators. Value: IEEE/IEC C57.15-2017.
std.ieee-c57-15.edition.2017IEEE/IEC C57.15-2017 is the 2017 edition of the IEEE/IEC international standard on requirements, terminology and test code for step-voltage regulators, published on the date stated in the datum value. Value: 2017.
std.ieee-c57-15.scopeThe standard covers electrical, mechanical and test requirements for liquid-immersed single-phase and three-phase step-voltage regulators for distribution and substation use, including their controls, within stated kVA and voltage ceilings.
std.ieee-c57-15.statusThe IEEE catalog lists IEEE/IEC C57.15-2017 with the status Active Standard. Value: Active Standard.
std.ieee-c57-15.titleThe publisher catalog gives the full title of IEEE/IEC C57.15-2017 as IEEE/IEC International Standard: Power transformers, Part 21: Standard requirements, terminology, and test code for step-voltage regulators. Value: IEEE/IEC International Standard: Power transformers, Part 21: Standard requirements, terminology, and test code for step-voltage regulators.

Equipment classes

Liquid-filled transformers

Data records for Liquid-filled transformers.
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equip.liquid-filled-transformers.ats-sectionSection 7.2.2 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025 covers the acceptance testing of liquid-filled transformers.
equip.liquid-filled-transformers.ats-tablesSection 7.2.2 of ANSI/NETA ATS-2025 refers to Table 100.3 for dissipation factor or power factor, to Table 100.4 for insulating fluid limits and to Table 100.5 for transformer insulation resistance.
equip.liquid-filled-transformers.definitionA liquid-filled transformer is a transformer whose core and windings are immersed in an insulating liquid that serves both as electrical insulation and as a cooling medium.
equip.liquid-filled-transformers.ieeec57-12-90.test-codeThe factory test code for liquid-filled distribution, power and regulating transformers is IEEE C57.12.90-2021, which gives the methods for the tests that IEEE C57.12.00-2021 specifies and leaves the requirements and tolerances to that general requirements standard.
equip.liquid-filled-transformers.mts-sectionSection 7.2.2 of ANSI/NETA MTS-2023 covers the maintenance testing of liquid-filled transformers.