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4.3.1 Reference measurements. When requirements are based on comparative measurements made before and
after conditioning, the reference measurement shall be considered the last measurement made at +25°C ±3°C prior
to beginning of conditioning. Unless reference measurements have been made within 30 days prior to the beginning
of conditioning, they shall be repeated.
4.3.2 Power supply. The power supply used for life testing shall have a regulation of ±2 percent or less of the
specified test voltage.
4.4 Qualification inspection. Qualification inspection shall be performed at a laboratory acceptable to the qualifying
activity (see 6.4) on sample units produced with equipment and procedures normally used in production.
4.4.1 Sample size. The number of capacitors to be subjected to qualification inspection shall be as specified in
appendix A of this specification.
4.4.2 Inspection routine. Sample units shall be subjected to the qualification inspection specified in table II, in the
order shown. All sample units, including those sample units required for group X testing (when applicable), shall be
subjected to the inspections of group I (when applicable) and group II. The sample units, with the exception of group
X samples (when applicable) shall then be divided into the eight remaining groups as specified in table II, and
subjected to the tests for their particular group.
Sample units which have been selected to be submitted to the life test shall be divided into two groups; one group
shall be subjected to the accelerated condition and the other group to the rated condition. The decision as to whether
or not the product is to be included on the qualified products list shall be made at the conclusion of the 2,000-hour life
test.
4.4.3 Failures. Failures in excess of those allowed in table II shall be cause for refusal to grant qualification
approval.
TABLE II. Qualification inspection.
Test
Number of sample
Number of defects
Requirement
method
units to be
Inspection
permitted 1/
paragraph
paragraph
inspected
Group I
2/ 3/ 89 min
NA
Burn-in (when specified, see 3.1)
Dielectric absorption (when specified, see 3.1)
Group II 4/
Visual and mechanical examination
Marking 5/
Workmanship (external)
Thermal shock
Seal
NA
2/ 3/ 89 min
Dielectric withstanding voltage
Insulation resistance
Capacitance
Dissipation factor
Equivalent series resistance 6/
Barometric pressure (reduced)
See footnotes at end of table.
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