ForwardThis recommended practice@ under the jurisdiction of the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society@ may be used by anyone desiring to do so and is presented as minimum criteria for construction of this class of submersible cable. It is not intended to restrict innovation or to limit development of improvements in cable design. Every effort has been made to assure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained herein. However@ the committee makes no representation@ warranty@ or guarantee in connection with the publication of this recommended practice and hereby expressly disclaims any liability or responsibility for loss or damage resulting from its use@ for any conflict@ or for the infringement of any patent resulting from the use of this recommended practice. Notice to users Errata Errata@ if any@ for this and all other standards can be accessed at the following URL:http://standards.ieee.org eading/ieee/updates/errata/index.html. Users are encouraged to check this URL for errata periodically.Interpretations?Current interpretations can be accessed at the following URL: http://standards.ieee.org eading/ieee/interp/ index.html. Patents Attention is called to the possibility that implementation of this standard may require use of subject matter covered by patent rights. By publication of this standard@ no position is taken with respect to the existence or validity of any patent rights in connection therewith. The IEEE shall not be responsible for identifying patents or patent applications for which a license may be required to implement an IEEE standard or for conducting inquiries into the legal validity or scope of those patents that are brought to its attention. Participants The following is a list of participants in the Downhole Working Group of the Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee. Marcus O. Durham@ Chair Thomson H. Wallace@ Secretary David Anderson Gordon Baker Lester Gagan Robert Lannom Howard Oswald John Patterson Rodney Story The following members of the individual balloting committee voted on this recommended practice. Balloters may have voted for approval@ disapproval@ or abstention. When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this recommended practice on 23 September 2004@ it had the following membership: Don Wright@ Chair Steve M. Mills@ Vice Chair Judith Gorman@ Secretary*Member Emeritus Also included are the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaisons: Satish K. Aggarwal@ NRC Representative Richard DeBlasio@ DOE Representative Alan Cookson@ NIST Representative Michael D. Fisher IEEE Standards Project EditorScopeProcedures and test voltage values for acceptance and maintenance testing of ESP cable systems are presented. This procedure applies to cable systems rated 3 kV and 5 kV (phase to phase).