percentage does vary from test to test, in this case between 89% and 94%.

On average, however, 92% will be the most severe SLF test, as can be seen from figure 2.8. Please note that the irregularities in the curves are caused by numerical approximations in both: the solution of the differential and algebraic equations (DAEs) and the use of the rectangular-rule for solving the Epaintegral, especially on sometimes only a few data-points. Furthermore we see that, for this breaker, a standard 90% IEC test will not, on average, be far from the absolute maximum stress, since the curve is rather flat between 90% and 94%. As to what is the best way of SLF-testing (most severe test), we come to the conclusion that one has to do more than one test for a SLF percentage which has been found, by means of digital testing /76,81/, to be the most severe for that (type of) breaker, e.g. 3 to 4 tests in a row. In this way the ageing process, which was found to be extremely influential, has also been accounted for next to the stoch