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September 2009, Rev. 1, 6/10

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6100B/6105A

Electrical Power Standards

Getting Started

Summary of Contents for 6100B

Page 1: ... 10 2009 2010 Fluke Corporation All rights reserved Printed in UK Specifications are subject to change without notice All product names are trademarks of their respective companies 6100B 6105A Electrical Power Standards Getting Started ...

Page 2: ...btain warranty service contact your nearest Fluke authorized service center or send the product with a description of the difficulty postage and insurance prepaid FOB Destination to the nearest Fluke authorized service center Fluke assumes no risk for damage in transit Following warranty repair the product will be returned to Buyer transportation prepaid FOB Destination If Fluke determines that th...

Page 3: ...cifications 6 Input Power 6 Dimensions 6 Environment 7 Safety 7 EMC 7 Unpacking and Inspection 7 Reshipping the Instrument 7 Placement and Rack Mounting 7 Cooling Considerations 8 Line Voltage 8 Connecting to Line Power 8 Connecting Auxiliary Units 9 Allocation of Phases 10 Connection and Power Up Sequence 10 Front Panel Features 11 The Main User Interface Areas 14 Data Entry from the Front Panel ...

Page 4: ...ing 19 Set Up the L1 Current Channel 19 Over Compliance Warning Message 20 Complete the Current Circuit and Turn the Output On 21 Turn the Output Off 21 Two wire Four wire Voltage Settings 21 Four wire Sense 22 Two wire Four wire Configuration Settings 22 Rear Panel Features 24 ...

Page 5: ...iii List of Tables Table Title Page 1 Symbols 3 2 Line Cords by Country 9 3 Front Panel Features 12 4 Rear Panel Features 24 ...

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Page 7: ...Selected 17 5 The Output Menu L1 Current Selected 18 6 The Output Menu Softkeys 18 7 The Output Menu L1 Current Selected 19 8 Waveform Menu Fundamental 19 9 Over Compliance Warning Message 20 10 Waveform Menu Current Output 21 11 Four wire Sense Configuration 22 12 Global Settings Menu Top level Softkeys 22 13 Front panel Terminal Configuration 23 14 Rear Panel Features 24 ...

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Page 9: ...systems 6101B and 6106A are functionally interchangeable but only the 6106A delivers accuracy to match the 6105A Both 6100B and 6105A standards can be configured to act as auxiliary units 6101B or the 6106A A 6100B or 6105A three phase system can be connected to test three phase four wire WYE three phase three wire Delta or three phase four wire Delta systems Three phase unbalance conditions can b...

Page 10: ...nditions or in a manner other than specified could compromise safety For the correct and safe use of this Instrument it is essential that both operating and service personnel follow accepted safety procedures in addition to the safety precautions specified In this manual a Warning identifies conditions and actions that pose hazard s to the user a Caution identifies conditions and actions that may ...

Page 11: ... connection is made before ac line and neutral If there is a possibility the protective earth ground connection might not be made before the ac line and neutral connections or the output terminals are connected to a potentially hazardous live circuit the separate protective earth ground connection stud on the rear panel of the Instrument must be connected to a suitable protective earth ground XWWa...

Page 12: ...red if unauthorized signal connector leads are used Do not use signal connector leads if they are damaged Voltage and current signal connector leads are provided with each Instrument but they must only be used for the correct purpose The current signal connector lead must never be connected to the Instrument voltage terminals The Instrument must not be operated with covers removed Safe Operating C...

Page 13: ...rk Always disconnect the Instrument from all signal sources and then the ac line power supply before removing any covers Any adjustment parts replacement maintenance or repair should be carried out only by Fluke authorized technical personnel XWWarning To avoid electrical shock personal injury or fire hazard it is essential that only manufacturer supplied parts be used to replace parts relevant to...

Page 14: ...sting User definable waveforms User selectable reactive power calculation method 13 V peak compliance on all current outputs up to 21 A Soft start options to handle inrush current taken by instruments that take power from the voltage signal Complex Instrument configurations can be saved to internal memory or to a USB memory device for transfer to other 6100B systems The optional Energy Comparator ...

Page 15: ...age and immediately report any damage to the shipper Instructions for inspection and claims are included in the shipping container A packing list is included in the packaging When you unpack the Instrument check for all the standard equipment listed and check the shipping order for any additional items ordered Report any shortage to the place of purchase or to the nearest Fluke Service Center Resh...

Page 16: ...r fire hazard connect the factory supplied three conductor line power cord to a properly grounded power outlet Do not use a two conductor adapter or extension cord this will break the protective ground connection If a two conductor power cord must be used a protective grounding wire must be connected between the ground terminal on the rear panel and ground before connecting the power cord or opera...

Page 17: ...onfigured as Master or Auxiliary but the 6101B or 6106A can only operate as Auxiliary units Each Auxiliary unit provides an additional phase of voltage and current Control connections are made by interconnection cable part number 2002080 supplied with each instrument Figure 1 shows the layout of connections on the rear of a Master instrument 6101B and 6106A have one Auxiliary Control Input The old...

Page 18: ...ontrol and the user interface This section is a reference for the functions and locations of the 6100B front and rear panel features and provides brief descriptions of each feature for quick access Complete front panel operating instructions and remote operating instructions for the 6100B are provided in the Users Manual Please read this information before operating the 6100B Connection and Power ...

Page 19: ... Figure 2 Each front panel feature is briefly described in Table 3 VOLTAGE OUTPUT ON CURRENT OUTPUT ON 1430V Pk MAX 30A Pk 15V Pk MAX 46V Pk MAX VOLTAGE CURRENT OUTPUT OUTPUT SENSE 1V Pk MAX 1V Pk MAX 46V Pk MAX HI LO HI LO HI LO 6105A ELECTRICAL POWER STANDARD MASTER STBY DIRECT MODE SELECT MENU OPER ESC ENTER 0 1 4 7 2 5 8 E BKSP SHIFT 3 6 9 NEXT CHAR ALPHA LOCK _ ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQRS TUV WX...

Page 20: ...thin the selected menu area and allow selection of values in data entry and selection fields GH Two USB Ports For saving and reloading of waveform configurations Connect mouse or keyboards or update firmware I Power On Off Switch Turns the power ON and OFF The switch remains locked inwards when the power is on Pushing the switch again unlocks it and turns the power off Note this controls the power...

Page 21: ...text input mode the Alpha Lock light is lit P Alphanumeric Keypad Provides text and numeric input Use N to switch between numeric and text input In numeric input mode Alpha Lock light out key numeric values directly the E key allows exponents to be entered In text input mode Alpha Lock light lit key text using a combination of the Alphanumeric keypad and the M This operates much in the manner of a...

Page 22: ...op left of the screen allows selection of the channel that will be operated upon by actions in the Waveform Menu The channel being set up is indicated by a white background The voltage or current and phase angle for all connected phases is shown here The Output Menu always shows the actual values that are at the voltage and current binding posts or will be when is pushed See Output Control below T...

Page 23: ...le using reverses the direction of movement The softkeys C provide a one push alternative to using to access items within the Menu areas Sometimes softkeys have multiple levels of control When more than one action is appropriate for a particular context a further level of softkeys will be revealed when the key is pushed The most complex activities may have several layers of softkeys Use to reverse...

Page 24: ...lready On push 2 Push softkey Apply All this is only visible when the Output Menu has focus Changes are applied virtually simultaneously when or is pushed There is a small delay of a few milliseconds while the changes are applied To undo deferred actions without applying them select the Undo all softkey when Output Menu has focus Pushing without applying the changes as described above will also un...

Page 25: ...is to set up the current channel to output 2 0 A After following the Power Up instructions earlier in this manual the L1 voltage channel L1 V output values are shown with a white background See Figure 4 Note the L2 L3 and N channels are grayed out as Auxiliary units are not connected gdw08 bmp Figure 4 The Output Menu L1 Voltage Selected This exercise is divided into seven sections 1 Switch to the...

Page 26: ...Output Menu L1 Current Selected Enable the Current Channel A channel must be enabled before an output is placed at the 6100B binding posts Both the L1 voltage and current channels both show Disabled Before an output can appear at the output terminals the relevant channel must be Enabled When the Output Menu has focus you can enable the L1 current channel using the softkeys See Figure 6 Note If in ...

Page 27: ...ot enabled The system would attempt to output 0 5 A from the current terminals but this would generate a warning message as the output is open circuit This will be addressed once the Current channel is set up Set Up the L1 Current Channel To change the settings for an output channel first move the Menu focus to the Waveform menu 1 Push twice The Menu focus moves to the Waveform menu See Figure 8 g...

Page 28: ...ound warning will be displayed The reason for this is that without a load the current cannot be established because the voltage compliance limit will be exceeded Simply put the voltage is developed across a load is determined by OHMS law i e V I x Z As the terminals are open the output sees very high impedance which requires very high voltage The 6100B is 10 V limit is exceeded so the over complia...

Page 29: ...mode is two wire sense XWWarning To avoid electrical shock personal injury know that when the 6100B voltage channel is enabled and operating full voltage output may be present at the VOLTAGE SENSE terminals even when they are not externally connected The 6100B is provided with a four to two wire lead set for voltage Irrespective of two wire four wire configuration the four plugs at the 6100B end o...

Page 30: ...rent flows in the sense leads The voltage input to the SENSE terminals therefore accurately represents the voltage across ZLoad and this is used to correct the voltage at the OUTPUT terminals 1430V Pk MAX VOLTAGE OUTPUT SENSE 1V Pk MAX 1V Pk MAX 46V Pk MAX HI LO HI LO ZLoad I gdw08 eps Figure 11 Four wire Sense Configuration Two wire Four wire Configuration Settings The 2 wire 4 wire configuration...

Page 31: ...te that the softkeys have changed Select two or four wire using the softkeys or with and or the Scroll Wheel when the Voltage Binding Posts group has focus Two wire is the initial default setting but the setting is non volatile If four wire is selected the next time the instrument is powered up it will be in four wire mode ...

Page 32: ...xternal equipment to the dip swell function The point at which the falling edge occurs is controlled by the Trigger Output Delay After the falling edge the signal will remain low for a minimum of 10 μs Trigger Input Connector iA TTL compatible input which can be selected to initiate a dip swell on a falling edge The falling edge can either start the user programmable initial delay timer or arms th...

Page 33: ... connection into a GPIB system J Ground Binding Post Auxiliary protective earth ground connection stud K Fuse See the Users Manual for fuse replacement procedure L Mains Power Receptacle 16 A mains connector M Energy Pulse Out connector if fitted When the Energy option is fitted the Energy pulse output provides pulses proportional to output power See the Users Manual for a description of the Energ...

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