building_energy_test_plan.md

Test Plan for physical cable

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Materials Needed

• Tape measure
• Bucket
• Salt
• Silicon Conformal Coating or glue gun
• Strong magent
• iron weight

1. For physical routing cable

The test bench will consist of 2 setups. One vertical and the other longer and horizontal.

The horizontal setup will be a straight segment of pipe at least 10 meters in length followed by a single bent segment of pipe with a radius of .5m.

The vertical setup will just be a short 1 meter segment of pipe.

• Test case 1
  • Check whether it is possible to route bare cable without any sensors through the pipe.
  • Cable must be able to slide through a straight segment of pipe at least 10 meters in length followed by a single bent segment of pipe with a radius of .5m
  • Record pass/fail and how easy it was to pass the cable through the pipe.
• Test case 2:
  • Repeat above test with cable + sensors
  • Record pass/fail and how easy it was to pass the cable through the pipe.
• Test case 3:
  • Set up a vertical section of pipe (1 meter long) and see if with just gravity alone the cable could slide down the pipe.
  • Record pass/fail and how easy it was to pass the cable through the pipe.
• Test case 4:
  • Repeat the above tests but the cables tip will have a piece of magnetic iron attached and an external magnet will be used to guide the cable through the pipe
  • Record pass/fail and how easy it was to pass the cable through the pipe.

2. For isolating sensors:

• Test case:
  • Might need humidity sensor for this test before pouring conformal coasting materials into the empty spaces

3. For salt bath:

The test bench will consist of a plastic 10L bucket filled with a salt water solution of 5% concentration in accordance to ASTM B895 for testing corrosion resistance of stainless steel.

Observing the changing on the surface of sensor cable

Might need to have a RPi connected to it recording data as a way to monitor if there is any catastrophic failure.

• Test case 1:
  • Check the cable material is able to use in salt water without any changing for two weeks.
  • Is there any rust spot on cable?
  • Check if the sensor still work when connected to the RPi
  • Pass/Fail and record any observed physical changes.