NF EN 62230 : 2007 AMD 1 2014

INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Types of voltage waveform
3 Procedure
4 Equipment
  4.1 Safety
  4.2 High voltage source
  4.3 Voltage monitoring equipment
  4.4 Fault indicator
  4.5 Electrodes
  4.6 Design of electrodes
5 Test voltages
6 Sensitivity
  6.1 AC, d.c. and h.f. voltages
  6.2 Pulsed voltages
  6.3 Method of assessment
7 Calibration
  7.1 General
  7.2 Verification frequency
Annex A (informative) Recommended minimum voltage levels
Annex B (informative) Example of an artificial fault device
Annex C (informative) Notes on the use of spark testing
                      machines
Bibliography

Specifies spark-test that is intended for the detection of defects in the insulation or sheathing layers of electric cables. For single core cables with no outer metallic layer, the general process is accepted as being equivalent to subjecting samples of those cables to a voltage test in water.