Making Measurements
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Keysight U1401B User’s and Service Guide
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1 ms peak hold
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 = Peak value/True-rms value
To measure the half-cycle peak voltage:
1
Press
for more than one second to toggle 1 ms peak hold mode on or off.
2
Press
to show the peak
+
or peak– value after activating the peak mode.
The
DH MAX
annunciator indicates the peak+ value while the
DH MIN
annunciator indicates the peak– value. See
3
If the reading is
OL
, press
to change the measurement range and restart
the peak value measurement.
4
While the peak hold mode is on, you can press
at any time to restart the
peak value measurement.
Figure 3-10
1 ms peak hold mode
Press
1 s
Press
Press
to restart
Press
to change
range
Press
1 s