Introduction - PICO EL040 Quick Start Manual

EL040 Current Monitoring Kit Quick Start Guide
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Introduction

The current monitoring kit from Pico Technology
contains everything needed to start logging
current consumption data from up to three
separate circuits. It is ideal for measuring and
balancing three-phase supplies as well as machine
monitoring and energy efficiency studies.
Current monitoring enables the amount of current consumed to be analysed,
highlighting areas of excessive consumption. Once any problems have been
identified, plans can be made to reduce the excess. This will reduce bills, increase
profits and in turn help the environment. Benefits will be seen from this analysis
in industrial applications as well as in the home.
As machinery gets older its current consumption often increases as parts become
worn and the machine's efficiency drops. Data collected from separate machines
over long periods of time can highlight problems before they become critical.
Servicing or replacement can then be scheduled before the machine fails, saving
on lost production time.
Alarms can be set to warn of higher or lower than normal current consumption of
machinery. This can be used to highlight problems, which if sustained may incur
expensive servicing costs.
If you wish to monitor data from a remote site, it is possible to access the logger
via a modem. The computer will then retrieve data from the logger each time the
EnviroMon software is started.
The EnviroMon system can be easily expanded with additional sensors to enable
collection of data from current, voltage, temperature and humidity sensors. Each
EL005 data logger can support up to 10 converters which can be placed anywhere
along a 400 m stretch of network cable.
For further information on the additional sensors and accessories please visit our
web site:
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The current monitoring kit has the facility to
store up to 250,000 readings from the current
clamps and requires no electrical contact with
the cable being measured. The data can be
easily downloaded on to a laptop or desktop PC
using the supplied EnviroMon software.
Additionally the EnviroMon software enables
data to be viewed either in a table or graph
format for analysis, and saved to other text or
image formats for inclusion into reports,
distribution by e-mail or live display on the
web. An example can be seen at:
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