Table Of Contents - AEMC PowerPad 8436 User Manual

1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................................................7
1.1. DELIVERY CONDITION ...................................................................................................................................................................................7
1.2. ORDERING INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................................................7
1.3. ACCESSORIES ...............................................................................................................................................................................................7
1.4. REPLACEMENT PARTS ..................................................................................................................................................................................7
1.5. BATTERY CHARGING .....................................................................................................................................................................................8
1.6. LANGUAGE SELECTION ................................................................................................................................................................................9
2. DESCRIPTION......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.1. FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.1.1. MEASUREMENTS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 10
2.1.2. DISPLAY FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.1.3. CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................................................................................. 11
2.2. INSTRUMENT INTERFACE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 12
2.3. ON/OFF BUTTON .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.4. DISPLAY ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 13
2.4.1. PRESENTATION................................................................................................................................................................................ 13
2.4.2. FUNCTION BUTTONS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 14
2.5. KEYPAD BUTTONS ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
2.5.1. FUNCTION (YELLOW) BUTTONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.5.2. NAVIGATION BUTTONS .................................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.5.3. MODE BUTTONS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.5.4. OTHER BUTTONS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 16
2.6. CONNECTORS .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
2.6.1. CONNECTION TERMINALS .............................................................................................................................................................. 16
2.6.2. SIDE CONNECTORS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
2.7. POWER SUPPLY ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
2.8. ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
3. OPERATION ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
3.1. START-UP ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.2. CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.3. LEADS INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
3.3.1. SINGLE-PHASE NETWORK .............................................................................................................................................................. 21
3.3.2. SPLIT-PHASE NETWORK ................................................................................................................................................................. 21
3.3.3. THREE-PHASE NETWORK ............................................................................................................................................................... 21
3.3.4. CONNECTION ................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
3.4. INSTRUMENT FUNCTIONS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 22
3.4.1. WAVEFORM CAPTURE .................................................................................................................................................................... 22
3.4.2. HARMONICS DISPLAY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22
3.4.3. WAVEFORM MEASUREMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 22
3.4.4. ALARM RECORDING ......................................................................................................................................................................... 22
3.4.5. RECORDING ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
3.4.6. ENERGY MEASUREMENTS.............................................................................................................................................................. 22
4. CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
4.1. CONFIGURATION MENU .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
4.2. DISPLAY LANGUAGE ................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
4.3. DATE/TIME .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
4.4. DISPLAY ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
4.4.1. BRIGHTNESS .................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
4.4.2. COLORS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
4.4.3. DISPLAY SHUTDOWN ...................................................................................................................................................................... 24
4.4.4. NIGHT MODE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
4.5. CALCULATION METHODS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 25
4.5.1. NON-ACTIVE QUANTITIES CALCULATION ...................................................................................................................................... 25
4.5.2. UNITS OF ENERGY ........................................................................................................................................................................... 26
4.5.3. K FACTOR .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
4.5.4. PHASE HARMONICS......................................................................................................................................................................... 27
4.5.5. LONG-TERM FLICKER (PLT) ............................................................................................................................................................. 27
4.6. CONNECTION ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
4.7. SENSORS AND RATIOS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 32
4.7.1. CURRENT SENSORS AND RATIOS .................................................................................................................................................. 32
4.7.2. VOLTAGE RATIOS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 32
4.8. CAPTURE MODE .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
4.8.1. TRANSIENT VOLTAGE THRESHOLDS .............................................................................................................................................. 33
4.8.2. TRANSIENT CURRENT THRESHOLDS ............................................................................................................................................ 34
4.8.3. INRUSH CURRENT THRESHOLDS ................................................................................................................................................... 35
4.9. TREND MODE ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
4.10. ALARM MODE ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 37
4.11. ERASE MEMORY ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 38
4.12. ABOUT ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
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