Slaughter Test Systems provides innovative, dependable solutions for electrical test and measurement. STS serves a wide variety of industries including manufacturers of motors, windings, electromechanical devices, coils and lead-acid batteries. Our customers include leading manufacturers of appliances, automobiles, home & garden equipment, power tools, batteries and industrial controls. Today we continue our tradition of excellence and leadership with a range of Surge Testers, Battery Element Testers, and the Model 1740, our seventh generation test system.

Our focus is providing comprehensive test equipment with the features and capabilities demanded by the many industries we serve. In addition to our engineering and manufacturing expertise, we maintain a complete machine shop staffed by master machinists. This allows us to provide our customers with complete solutions from our in-house staff.

Company History

Slaughter Test Systems traces its pioneering efforts to 1953, when Elmer Slaughter had an idea for a better solution for dielectric testing of electrical products. Elmer had been Chief Engineer for Bill Lear’s original company during World War Two and was working as a consultant for Piqua Machine, which had been founded after the war by some former Lear employees to manufacture electric motors. By mid 1954, Elmer began limited production in the basement of his home in Piqua, Ohio.

The company continued to grow and expand its product line. By late 1963, the need for additional space and a desire to be nearer family led Elmer to move the company. So in 1964 the company moved into a new 10,000 square foot plant in Ardmore Oklahoma. Business growth and a broader product line required further expansion to 18,000 square feet - a long way from Elmer’s basement.

Through the years, the original product line of a single, simple high voltage tester grew to a full line of test instruments including the following innovations:

• 1953 - Model 101 Hipot Tester
• 1963 - Model 648 Surge Tester
• 1964 - Model 103-ESB Battery Element Insulation Tester
• 1965 - Model 203 Precision Linear Limit Ohmmeter
• 1968 - Model 920 Armature Tester
• 1971 - Model 648/018 Surge Type Battery Element Insulation Tester
• 1977 - Model A720 Microprocessor Controlled Armature/Stator Tester
• 1985 - Model P720 Microcomputer Controlled Armature/Stator Test System
• 1988 - Model 1648 Solid State Surge Tester
• 1990 - Model 1650 Solid State Surge Type Battery Element Tester
• 1996 - Model P1720/1730 Windows PC-Based Armature/Stator Test System
• 2002 - Model 1740 Windows XP PC-Based Wound Product Test System