USER MANUAL
Clamp Meters
ACM-2353
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Page 1: ...USER MANUAL Clamp Meters ACM 2353 www tmatlantic com...
Page 2: ...d the Safety Information and Rules for Safe Operation carefully before using the Meter This clamp is a three phase intelligent handheld digital power clamp meter hereafter referred to as the Meter whi...
Page 3: ...Item Description Qty 1 English Operating Manual 1 piece 2 Red Test Lead 3 piece 3 Black Test Lead 1 piece 4 Red Alligator Clip 3 piece 5 Black Alligator Clip 1 piece 6 USB Interface Cable 1 piece 7 S...
Page 4: ...l otherwise the protection provided by the Meter may be impaired In this manual a Warning identifies conditions and actions that pose hazards to the user or may damage the Meter or the equipment under...
Page 5: ...ds away from the input terminals of the Meter and turn the Meter power off z Do not carry out the measurement when the Meter s back case and or battery door is opened to avoid electric shock z When th...
Page 6: ...r shall not be altered at will to avoid damage of the Meter and any accident z Soft cloth and mild detergent should be used to clean the surface of the Meter when servicing No abrasive and solvent sho...
Page 7: ...The Meter Structure A The Meter Front Structure see figure 1 6 Red Blue Yellow Black Figure 1...
Page 8: ...center 2 Hand Guards to protect user s hand from touching the dangerous area 3 MR button recall data 4 SEL button press to select phase and sum of Watts measurement 5 MAXMIN button 6 SAVE button data...
Page 9: ...button 13 CLEAR button 14 LIGHT button auto display backlight button 15 button Sum 16 HOLD button 17 Rotary function switch 18 NCV indicate lamp B The Meter Back and Bottom Structure see figure 2 Figu...
Page 10: ...de appears and the Meter beeps z Press HOLD again to exit the Hold mode to return to measurement mode the Meter beeps and disappears Press the backlight button when needed Auto shut down backlight aft...
Page 11: ...single reading and the Meter beeps The index number shown on the left secondary display keep on increasing The maximum number of data store is 99 when it achieves 99 the Meter shows SEL z press SEL bu...
Page 12: ...ear stored readings MR Press once to enter Memory Record mode appears and the Meter beeps z If the Meter steps through sum of power press button to switch display of active power main display sum of r...
Page 13: ...is displayed please changed the battery 2 After auto shut off there are some parts of the circuit of the meter which is still work If no measurement needed in a longer time you d better turn the rota...
Page 14: ...ute HZ PG KVAr Hz Hertz The unit of frequency PG The unit of phase angle KVAr The unit of reactive power W Watt Sum of Watt The battery is low Warning To avoid false readings which could lead to possi...
Page 15: ...CLEAR Indicator for clear the stored reading Negative symbol High voltage symbol AC Indicator for AC voltage or current MR Indicator for recall the stored reading Hz Frequency symbol MEM Indicator for...
Page 16: ...uit to verify proper operation 1 Rotate the Function switch to any measurement position 2 Place the detector probe tip on the conductor to be tested NOTE The conductors in electrical cord sets are oft...
Page 17: ...e frequency connect the Meter as follows 1 Insert the red test lead into the L1 L2 L3 input terminal and black test lead to the COM input terminal 2 Dial the Rotary to VAC to select Voltage Frequency...
Page 18: ...e LCD displays it starts recording the maximum AC voltage True RMS value 7 Press MAXMIN the LCD displays it starts recording the minimum AC voltage True RMS value Press MAXMIN again to show the curren...
Page 19: ...Measurement see figure 5 18 Figure 5 The AC current ranges are 40A 100A 400A and 1000A The AC Voltage ranges are 100V 400V and 750V To measure AC current AC voltage connect the Meter as follows 1 Dial...
Page 20: ...4 The double display shows the AC current True RMS value and AC voltage True RMS value 5 Press MAXMIN the LCD displays it starts recording the maximum AC current True RMS value 6 Press MAXMIN the LCD...
Page 21: ...ange 2 Press the lever to open the transformer jaw and clamp them to the corrresponding phase of tested conductor If user needs to mesaure any phase of the 3 phase then clamp them to that phase s cond...
Page 22: ...Red Blue Yellow Figure 6 Measuring instruction 1 Press SEL to choose first phase see figure 7 The double displays show the acitve power kW value and the PG value of the second phase 1 Figure 7 21...
Page 23: ...of watts as figure 8 Figure 8 2 After record the current power measurement value of the first phase then press SEL to choose The double display shows the value of acitve power kW and PG of the second...
Page 24: ...atts as figure 10 Figure 10 3 After record the current power meaursuremnt value of the second phase then press SEL again to choose The double display shows the value of acitve power KW and PG of the t...
Page 25: ...12 4 After record the current power measurement value of the third phase finally press and hold for 1seconds to display the 3 phase sum of acitve power value and apparent power value as figure 13 Figu...
Page 26: ...3 phase sum of apparent power Figure 14 Press and hold for 1seconds again back to the normal measuring mode In figure 6 W W1 W2 W3 z When measuring 3 phase 3 wires Hold SEL for 5 seconds and the Meter...
Page 27: ...e measuring method is same as 3 phase 4 wires In figure 15 W W2 W3 NOTE z It can only sum up the current measurement value The maximum and minimum value cannot be summed up z Only at KW range can carr...
Page 28: ...1000A rms To test for Power factor main display Phase angle secondary display connect the Meter as follows 1 Dial the Rotary to cos to select Power factor Phase angle range 2 Press the lever to open...
Page 29: ...he first phase value of power factor PF and phase angle PG Then press SEL again to choose the second phas see figure 19 z Press SEL to choose the second phase see figure 19 Figure 19 The double displa...
Page 30: ...perating method is same as 3 phase 4 wires z Jump over the second phase measurement 6 MAXMIN button are not valid when measuring power factor F Active Energy main display Time secondary display Measur...
Page 31: ...one of the three phases see figure 21 Figure 21 z The double display shows the value of tested object s active engergy kWh value and the measuring time of the corresponding phase z The measuring readi...
Page 32: ...leted disconnect the connection between the testing leads and the circuit under test and remove testing leads from the input terminals True RMS Measurement and Average Value Measurement The True RMS m...
Page 33: ...pulse rectangle wave sawtooth triangle wave RMS value and average value The clamp Meter software designning base on the following formula KW KVA Cos KVAr KVA Sin KVA 2 2 KVAr KW 32...
Page 34: ...mperature 23 C 5 C Operating humidity 45 75 R H A AC Voltage True RMS Range Reso lution Accuracy Allowable Maximum overload protection voltage Input Imped ance Frequency Range 100V 400V 750V 0 1V s 1...
Page 35: ...e 40A 100A 400A 0 1A 1000A 1A s 2 5 1000A RMS 50Hz 60Hz D Active Power W V x A x COS Voltages Range Current Voltage 100V 400V 750V 40A 4 00KW 16 00KW 30 00KW 100A 10 00KW 40 00KW 75 00KW 400A 40 00KW...
Page 36: ...es Range Current Voltage 100V 400V 750V 40A 4 00KVA 16 00KVA 30 00KVA 100A 10 00KVA 40 00KVA 75 00KVA 400A 40 00KVA 160 0KVA 300 0KVA Current Range 1000A 100 0KVA 400 0KVA 750 0KVA Accuracy s 3 5 Reso...
Page 37: ...nge 1000A 100 0KVAr 400 0KVAr 750 0KVAr Accuracy s 3 5 Resolution 1000KVAr 0 01KVAr 100kW 0 1KVAr G Power Factor PF W VA Range Accuracy Resolution Measuring Condition 0 3 1 capacitive or inductive s0...
Page 38: ...A The minimum measuring voltage 45V 0 O 90 O capacitive or inductive For reference only Measuring current less than 10A OR Measuring voltage less than 45V I Active Energy kWh Range Accuracy Resolution...
Page 39: ...3 5 digits Apparent Power 0 01kVA 750kVA s 3 5 digits Reactive Power 0 01kVAr 750kVAr s 4 5 digits Power Factor 0 3 1 Capacitive or Inductive s 0 02 2 digits Phase Angle 0 O 90 O s2 O Frequency 50Hz...
Page 40: ...Voltage or Curren Data Logging 99 Data Recall Max Min Mode Data Hold USB Display Backlight Full Icon Display Sleep Mode Low Battery Display Input Impedance for AC Voltage Measurement Around 10MW Max D...
