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From Duncan Instruments Canada, Ltd.
The days of unlimited energy use belong to the past. Manufacturers of electric apparatus and machines are forced to optimize energy consumption of their products. One of the means to achieve this is to increase the efficiency. Solutions for better efficiency use power electronics, which produces obscure waveforms. To obtain precise power measurement a Power Analyzer must fulfill specific requirements. Power measurement today is not only used for energy measurement on the 50/60Hz power line. It more and more becomes a means to improve the product to assure its quality, to reduce its energy consumption, and to achieve marketing advantage. Precise power measurement is not as simple as one might think. The user is well advised to understand the fundamentals of analog signal conditioning. Simple measurements of power on the 50/60Hz power line may be up to 20 % in error if the Power Analyzer is unable to pass DC components of current and voltage. For example a one way rectified current and a sinusoidal voltage requires a DC coupled current path in spite the fact that power is transmitted at the line frequency. Products & Services
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