APPENDIX A: STANDARDS (continued)
Standard or
Method
Date
Number
JIS G-3492
1993
NACE SP0188 2006
NACE RP0274 1974
NACE SP0490 2007
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Coal-tar enamel coatings
on water line pipes
Discontinuity (Holiday)
Testing of new Protective
Coatings on Conductive
Substrates
High Voltage Electrical
Inspection of Pipeline
Coatings prior to
installation
Holiday Detection of
Fusion-Bonded Epoxy
External Pipeline Coatings
of 10-30mils
(0.25 - 0.76mm)
Notes
Inside walls: 8-10 kV
Dipped coatings: 6-7 kV
Outside walls: 10-12 kV
Welded areas as inside
walls
Low and high voltage
equipment and tests.
DC or Pulsed test voltage
.
V = 1250
Thickness (mil)
DC in dry conditions
.
V = 525
Thickness (mil)
Trailing ground lead of 9m
allowed if pipe is connected
to 2-3ft earth spike and soil
is not dry
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