Ms Peak Hold - Agilent Technologies U1253B User's And Service Manual

1 ms Peak Hold

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U1253B User's and Service Guide
This function allows the measurement of peak voltage for
analysis of components such as power distribution
transformers and power factor correction capacitors. The
peak voltage obtained can be used to determine the crest
factor:
Crest factor =
1 Press
for more than 1 second to toggle 1 ms Peak
Hold mode ON and OFF.
2 Press
to switch between maximum and minimum
peak readings.
indicates minimum peak.
• If the reading is "OL", press
and to restart peak-recording measurement.
• If you need to restart peak recording without changing the range, press
.
3 Press or
mode.
4 In the measurement example shown in
page 70, the crest factor will be 2.2669/1.6032 = 1.414.
Functions and Features
Peak value
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True RMS value
indicates maximum peak, while
to change the measurement range
for more than 1 second to exit this
3
(3)
Figure 3- 7 on
69