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Power Quality is a measure of how well a system supports reliable operation of its loads. A power disturbance
or event can involve voltage, current, or frequency. Power disturbances can originate in consumer power systems,
consumer loads, or the utility.
What is a power disturbance?
- Power disturbances are defined in terms of magnitude and duration.
- Disturbances range from transients that last for microseconds to outages that continue for hours.
- When a power disturbance falls outside operating limits, equipment may be disrupted or damaged.
The costs of poor power quality can be significant!
- Lost production: Each time production is interrupted, your business loses profit on product that is not manufactured and sold.
- Damaged product: Interruptions can damage a partially complete product, causing the material to be re-run or scrapped.
- Energy cost: Electric utilities may charge penalties on poor power factor or high peak demands.
Power quality tools from Fluke:
Fluke offers an extensive range of power quality test tools for troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and long-term recording and
analysis in industrial applications and utilities.
Power Quality Troubleshooters:
- Dedicated power and power quality clamp meters for frontline troubleshooting
- Single-phase and three-phase power quality analyzers for predictive maintenance, quality of service compliance
testing and load studies
Power Quality Loggers:
- Power loggers for characterizing power quality, conducting load studies and capturing hard-to-find voltage events
over a user-defined period of time
Power Quality Recorders:
- Advanced power quality recorders for capturing comprehensive details of power disturbances, trend analysis and
Class-A 'quality-of-service' compliance testing over a user-defined period of time
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