Systems for and methods of automatically scheduling and executing in situ tests on electrical and mechanical systems

A method of testing an electrical and mechanical system comprising a plurality of interconnected devices, each device of the plurality of interconnected devices comprising one or more components, each of the one or more components being associated with a corresponding component test, the method comprising:

• ranking the plurality of interconnected devices in order of decreasing loads on the plurality of interconnected devices;
• selecting a first set of conditions that allow component tests to be executed on a first set of components of devices of the plurality of interconnected devices having higher loads before component tests are executed on a second set of components of devices of the plurality of interconnected devices having smaller loads;
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• executing the component tests on the plurality of interconnected devices according to an execution schedule based on the first set of conditions.