The measurement and data acquisition system for the aging test of the composite insulators

A new measurement and data acquisition system for the aging testing of composite insulators is presented. The system hardware is based on a Dell server and the system software is based on LabView development. The system can realize multi-characteristics monitoring, analyzing and recording in real-time during a 5000 hours aging test of composite insulators. It can separate the leakage current and the pulse current from the aging current; It can alarm, auto-reset or even shutdown when faults occur and can realize the sustainable proceeding of the statistical work of the composite insulators aging test. The measurement and data acquisition system provide a new powerful tool for researching the composite insulators abilities.