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Add Cord Clips to the Eighth World Wonder: Interpower Angled NEMA 5-15 Cords Offer Eight Different Angles for Tight Spaces
Posted on 4/1/25 8:03 AM
In hospitals, medical clinics, production floor cells, and standard brick-and-mortar offices, the spatial relationship of diagnostic equipment, heavy machinery, and peripheral devices and their AC power outlets can become a tricky geometry to solve—equipment placed tightly against walls where odd angles and tight corners loom. Whether your power cords are 7 or 50 feet in length, you may need cords with angled plugs and cord clips, the latter made of glass-filled polypropylene resin for maximum retention to secure the slack of your excess cord.
Topics: product design, Angled Plugs, product development, 1-week lead-time
Multiple Names, Multiple Applications: The High Potential Voltage (Hipot) Test
Posted on 2/26/25 2:44 PM
Dielelectric Voltage-withstand or Dielectric-strength tests are often referred to as the High Potential Voltage “Hipot” test. It’s a common yet important safety and diagnostic tests used for electrical and electronic components and devices—it can be used in both design and production phases in the manufacturing of electrical products.
Topics: product design, testing, Hipot
Top Interpower® Customer Service Questions of 2024
Posted on 1/29/25 12:14 PM
Hospital-grade Filtered Module Issue? Q: We bought module 83545020 from you to replace a broken one we purchased from a different vendor. We have installed it, but it’s not getting any current. Is the module bad, or are we doing something wrong?
Topics: product design, modules, power cord, EMI, safety, international power components, product development, frequently asked questions, technical-support
Selecting the Correct Country-Specific Power Cord
Posted on 11/27/24 8:45 AM
Determining the correct plug for your mains power and electrical design is essential in ensuring safe electrical continuity. Interpower offers a Guide to Worldwide Plug and Socket Patterns and Power Mains (Single-Phase) which shows specified plug patterns by country.
Topics: product design, power cord, international power components
To “B” or not to “B” . . . Crimping Flexible Power Cords
Posted on 6/27/24 2:37 PM
By automation or manually by hand, Interpower® crimps bridges for country-specific plugs, and IEC 60320 connectors onto miles of flexible cable it manufactures each year. For cord sets, the optimal crimp is one that provides the most electrical contact between the conductors of stranded wire and its bridge or connector—the B crimp provides optimal electrical contact for flexible cable.
Topics: product design, testing, manufacturing, crimps