HA1600A
P
ower and Harmonics Analyzer with Flickmaster
IN
STRUCTION MANUAL
Page 1: ...HA1600A Power and Harmonics Analyzer with Flickmaster INSTRUCTION MANUAL...
Page 2: ...up Flicker 31 Meter View Flicker 33 Flicker Meter Page 33 Voltage Variation Page 34 Peak Inrush Current Measurement 36 Test Control Set up Peak Inrush Current 38 Report View 39 Report Formats 40 Repor...
Page 3: ...us monitoring of the supply voltage continuous comparison to harmonic limits and timed test sequences with analysis of fluctuating harmonics Compliance quality flicker meter The HA1600 has the capabil...
Page 4: ...nfiltered filtered average minimum and maximum current harmonic levels and limits Continuous measurement and assessment of supply waveform and harmonics Current Rating 16A rms continuous or national c...
Page 5: ...nge Voltage change up to 20 sinewave change or 10 low repetition rate rectangular change relative to AGC level Equivalent to 6400 pu on 8 8 Hz sinewave Flickermeter AGC Up to 5 Flickermeter Accuracy B...
Page 6: ...and opening the covers or removal of parts except those to which access can be gained by hand is likely to expose live parts The apparatus shall be disconnected from all voltage sources before it is...
Page 7: ...urce can be used for this purpose Safety Note To fully disconnect the Load Power from the AC supply unplug the mains cord from the AC supply outlet Fuse Instrument Power The correct time lag fuse must...
Page 8: ...on any current or voltage range Rear Panel Connections Instrument Power and Load Power The IEC inlet supplies power for the instrument only the fixed lead supplies the load power to the front panel ap...
Page 9: ...r 4 to 5 seconds or more until the sampling clock synchronises exactly with the incoming supply the display will then show a single cycle of the voltage waveform with the rising zero crossing point at...
Page 10: ...s are given in the Test Control section The LOCAL key switches the instrument between remote and local keyboard control Stored Settings and their Factory Defaults The following parameters have their p...
Page 11: ...0 1 all 11th 40th Voltage 230 Vrms 2 Frequency 50Hz 0 5 Crest Factor Vpk Vrms Between 1 40 and 1 42 Phase of Vpk Between 87 and 93 after zero crossing All the above parameters are continuously monito...
Page 12: ...ared by the user and any power related exclusions detected by the analyser refer to the Test Control section Lastly the display states whether the load current passes or fails the harmonics limits of...
Page 13: ...meaningful If too low a range is chosen no damage will be done but all the measurement results will be invalid and the message Overload will show in the status line at the top of the Meter View displa...
Page 14: ...ment auto ranges up at full scale and auto ranges down at about 0 44 times full scale The voltage display has two ranges only 100V div for nominal 230V supplies and 50V div for nominal 115V supplies t...
Page 15: ...centre zero line The range can be set from 24mA peak to 400A peak in 2 1 steps The waveform display on this set up screen is always updated every cycle regardless of the mode set up for the Waveform G...
Page 16: ...ogether would cause confusion At the same time the Waveform Graph set up display changes to add extra editable fields mode and Traces for the second display see below Mode With the edit zone in the mo...
Page 17: ...Source field the signal source for the display synchronisation can be selected Note that this is the trigger source for the display only and does not affect the measurement synchronisation The soft ke...
Page 18: ...o parts an inner section which is normally used to show the presently measured value and an outer section which by default shows the EN specification limit for that harmonic Other combinations may be...
Page 19: ...With the edit zone in the Display Format field the soft key choices are normally Histogram Odd Table Even Table and Combined Table When appropriate an additional selection C 25W Table is also offered...
Page 20: ...xample With the edit cursor in the Vertical Scale field selecting Percent Limit and returning to the Harmonics View gives the following display The horizontal scale is marked with the harmonic number...
Page 21: ...nd existing value for every harmonic The actual 100 limits are shown it may be permissible for the maximum harmonic level to be up to 150 or 200 of the limit see the standard Note that if the range ch...
Page 22: ...red but this usage is now obsolete This Filter option is also available when tables are displayed Display Format Tables With the edit zone in the Display Format field the soft key choices are normally...
Page 23: ...e test started that average as a percentage of the limit the maximum filtered value that maximum as a percentage of the limit and the percentage of the measurement time that the maximum value has exce...
Page 24: ...below Tests are controlled by the START and STOP keys as prompted on this view The measurement requirements for current harmonics are given in two standards The first EN61000 3 2 describes the classi...
Page 25: ...to the value entered here so for optimum accuracy the correct entry must be made Nominal Frequency With the edit zone in the Nominal Frequency field the nominal supply frequency and its frequency tol...
Page 26: ...class D and the first power related alternative for Class C 25 Watts the maximum power consumption in Watts is used When Store Present is pressed the actual power consumption or for class C the funda...
Page 27: ...75 watts This figure might change in a future edition of the standard The default value is restored whenever the Class declaration is changed With the edit zone in the No Limits below field the minim...
Page 28: ...essment Inset With the edit zone in the Assessment inset field the Set Level soft key allows the actual limit to be set as a decimal fraction or multiple of the limits automatically defined by the cho...
Page 29: ...al Voltage entry for example the default duration is 150 seconds Alternatively with the Set Duration soft key showing direct numeric entries can be made from the keyboard The maximum duration that can...
Page 30: ...h the magnitude and rate of change of current at 300 sampling points in the cycle By subtracting this voltage drop from a simulated nominal voltage sinewave the instrument can synthesise the waveform...
Page 31: ...val This is done by comparing each successive half cycle against the limits of a tolerance band of 0 2 around a rolling 1 second average value Previously values of 0 15 and 0 32 have been used for thi...
Page 32: ...pply applied must actually be the right frequency Sensing Method With the edit zone moved to the Sensing method field choose Voltage sensing if a clean supply and external reference impedance are avai...
Page 33: ...ime over the threshold not just each interval taken separately Previous versions of the firmware displayed the highest value which persisted for a single interval of 500ms this is no longer significan...
Page 34: ...in more detail on the dedicated full page Flicker Meter and Voltage Variations views With the Power Meter view displayed press SET UP and select the required page on the soft keys Flicker Meter Page T...
Page 35: ...Present Behaviour All the values shown in the top section are absolute values as percentages of the declared nominal voltage relative to that declared voltage If there is a difference between that dec...
Page 36: ...X fail The value of this limit can be changed on the Test Setup screen but there is no expectation that it will be amended again Steady State Intervals and d c assessment The bottom group of lines dis...
Page 37: ...g the load on and off and measuring the peak values both positive and negative of the resulting current transient The switching may be done manually using either the load s own switch or the front pan...
Page 38: ...mode to ensure that valid results have been obtained Important Note Inrush current measurements should ideally be made by manually switching the unit under test with its own power switch as this gives...
Page 39: ...the sequence in terms of the number of cycles of the load supply The use of the Set Time soft key is optional pressing any of the number keys will set the number entry mode directly Values between 4 a...
Page 40: ...ered as described in the Report Set up section A partial preview of these lines is shown on screen in the Report View Reports include the time and date from the internal clock and a Report Number whic...
Page 41: ...ened table of harmonic values only the third and fifth harmonics matter Then follows the data table showing the measurement results for the fundamental and all the harmonics For EN61000 3 2 2006 onwar...
Page 42: ...1 513 7 2 8 3 21 0 3 187 0 121 9 65 2 270 0 144 4 Pass 4 5 5 13 6 5 104 5 43 7 41 8 73 0 69 9 Pass 6 3 7 7 3 7 55 0 20 5 37 4 53 7 97 8 Pass 8 3 0 5 2 9 27 5 19 2 69 7 44 4 161 5 7 33 Pass 10 2 3 3 5...
Page 43: ...Vrms 324 6 Vpk Frequency 50 00 Hz THD 0 1 Crest Factor 1 414 peak at 89 9 deg Load Power 104 6 to 331 5 W 336 3 VA Power Factor 0 986 Load Current 506 to 1468 mArms 2114 mApk Crest Factor 1 432 EN 61...
Page 44: ...HA PC Link Plus software supplied by the manufacturer see that section in this manual Time and Date Set up With the edit zone moved to the top line of the display the Set Clock soft key is shown Pres...
Page 45: ...ress the Omit soft key the title will be deleted from the display and a X will be shown against the parameter To reinstate the title press the Include soft key that has now replaced Omit on the displa...
Page 46: ...spectral components of the current waveform that fall between two harmonic frequencies The 2002 version introduced a process known as grouping which requires the amplitude of interharmonics to be rms...
Page 47: ...current issue of EN61000 3 2 This document is the prime source of information on how to test a particular piece of equipment and what limits apply For most types of equipment the requirements are cle...
Page 48: ...judgement The value of total harmonic current shown on the Meter view may be helpful On the Test View set up a timed measurement Set the test duration to cover at least one full cycle of operation of...
Page 49: ...r the measurement history Now cycle the equipment under test through its normal operating sequence Note that the moment of initial switch on is included in the voltage variation tests but not in the f...
Page 50: ...ed to save both report files and configuration files the default location offered is a directory in the Documents tree of the current user Depending on how many different types of equipment are to be...
Page 51: ...y basis of measurements required Refer to the standard to make these decisions See also the guidance given earlier in this manual 3 Choose and lock the current range required to handle the highest pea...
Page 52: ...d these should NOT be changed if only voltage fluctuation tests are required the duration can be adjusted as needed 6 Run the test and review print or save the report as for harmonics above Note that...
Page 53: ...reports into a formatted word processor document is to use the CSV file in conjunction with the convert text to table feature of the word processor software This allows the two parts of the report th...
Page 54: ...ique is used with the Voltage Source Qualification report The Flicker and Voltage variations reports are a little different it is probably best to separate them into three sections if flicker results...
Page 55: ...the checkbox Specify a location and uncheck all the others click Next 6 Specify the location containing the drivers D USB drivers where D is the CD drive Alternatively use browse to find the location...
Page 56: ...d mounted on the side of the chassis behind the front panel appliance connector Make sure that only fuses of the specified type are used for replacement Cleaning If the instrument requires cleaning us...
Page 57: ...her model can be connected to a computer through a serial port to USB converter provided that the converter properly implements full hardware handshaking and a 9 core cable is used Unfortunately there...
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