Motors, Generators & Electrification Equipment worked example

End-Of-Line Electrical Test at 7.2% setup, connection, and logging allowance: a worked example

Suppose setup, connection, and logging allowance falls to 7.2%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate the labor time to run end-of-line electrical tests on motors and generators so test teams can plan hours and confirm the queue fits the shift.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Motors to electrically test: 120 units (held at the documented default)
  • Test stand throughput rate: 12 units / min (held at the documented default)
  • Setup, connection, and logging allowance: 7.2 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 10)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base electrical test time = units to test รท test rate per stand.
  • Required electrical test time works out to 10.72 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base electrical test time works out to 10 hr at these inputs.
  • Setup and logging allowance applied works out to 7.2 % at these inputs.
  • Test rate per stand works out to 12 pieces / min at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, connection, and logging allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 2.55% below the baseline at 10.72 hr.
  • It computes the total test-stand hours needed to run a batch of motors through end-of-line electrical testing, inflated by a setup, connection, and logging allowance. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Required electrical test time: 10.72 hr (headline result)
  • Base electrical test time: 10 hr
  • Setup and logging allowance applied: 7.2 %
  • Test rate per stand: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live End-Of-Line Electrical Test calculator, set setup, connection, and logging allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.