Other Buttons; Abbreviations - AEMC PowerPad III 8336 User Manual

8.2.4 OTHER BUTTONS

The other buttons have the following functions:
Button Function
Configuration button
Snapshot of current screen and retrieval of screens already stored
Help information about functions and the symbols used for current display mode.

8.3 ABBREVIATIONS

Prefixes of International System (SI) units:
Prefix Symbol
milli
m
kilo k
Mega
M
Giga G
Tera
T
Peta P
Exa
E
Meanings of the symbols and abbreviations used:
AC and DC components
AC component only
DC component only
Inductive phase shift
Capacitive phase shift
° Degree
-.+
Expert mode
| | Absolute value
Σ Sum of values
% Percentage
%f Fundamental value as reference
%r
Total value as reference
ΦΦ or
Phase shift of voltage with respect to current
VA
ΦΦ
UA
A Current; also Ampere (unit)
A-h
Current harmonic
Acf Crest (peak) factor of current
Ad RMS distortion current
Adc DC current
Apk+
Maximum peak value of the current
Apk- Minimum peak value of the current
Athdf Total harmonic distortion of current in % f
Athdr Total harmonic distortion of current in % r
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Multiplies by
10
-3
10
3
10
6
10
9
10
12
10
15
10 18
P
Pdc
Pdch
PEAK or
PK
PF
PLT
PST
Q
1
Q h
1
RMS
S
S-h
Sh
t
tan Φ
THD
U
U-h
Ucf
Ud
Udc
Upk+
Active power
DC power
DC energy
Maximum (+) or minimum (-) peak instantane-
ous value of the signal
Power factor
Long-term flicker
Short-term flicker
Reactive power (fundamental)
Reactive energy (fundamental)
True RMS value (current or voltage).
Apparent power
Apparent harmonic power
Apparent energy.
Relative date of time cursor.
Tangent of the phase shift of voltage with re-
spect to current.
Total harmonic distortion (in %f or in %r).
Phase-to-Phase voltage.
Phase-to-phase voltage harmonic.
Phase-to-Phase voltage crest factor.
Phase-to-phase RMS distortion voltage.
Phase-to-phase DC voltage.
Maximum peak value of the phase-to-phase volt-
age.
Power Quality Analyzer PowerPad
See
§ 4.1
§ 5.7
§ 5.8
III Model 8336
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