Hipotronics

History

Stanley Peschel established Hipotronics in 1962 and built its original manufacturing facility in Brewster, New York. The name was formed from “high potential electronics.” Early work centered on high-voltage test equipment for the wire and cable industry, followed by AC resonant systems, motor-test systems, DC high-voltage generators, regulating transformers, dielectric test sets, and portable measurement instruments.

Hubbell acquired Hipotronics in November 1992. The company subsequently added Robinson Instruments for partial-discharge measurement, introduced automated controls for its established 700-series dielectric testers, and continued developing hipot testers, breakdown systems, cable-fault equipment, resistance instruments, and high-voltage meters. Hipotronics began moving manufacturing from Brewster to Hubbell's Reading, Pennsylvania, facility in 2021 and states that the relocation was completed in 2022.

Current Hubbell material continues to identify HIPOTRONICS, Inc. as an active subsidiary and lists its sales, service, and manufacturing operation in Reading. The collection's older Brewster-address manuals therefore remain valid historical Hipotronics documents but should not be used to present Brewster as its current operating location.

Equipment specialties

• AC and DC dielectric withstand test sets
• high-voltage series-resonant test systems
• insulation-resistance meters and megohmmeters
• dielectric breakdown test systems
• partial-discharge measurement and cable-fault location
• high-voltage meters and automated test controls