METREL MI 3290, Instruction Manual

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MI 3290 Earth Analyser Table of contents
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8.9.5 Adding a new Workspace .................................................................... 36
8.9.6 Opening a Workspace ......................................................................... 37
8.9.7 Deleting a Workspace / Export ............................................................ 37
8.9.8 Importing a Workspace ........................................................................ 38
8.9.9 Exporting a Workspace ........................................................................ 38
8.10 User accounts ............................................................................................. 40
8.10.1 Signing in ............................................................................................. 40
8.10.2 Changing user password, signing out .................................................. 41
8.10.3 Managing accounts .............................................................................. 42
9 Memory Organizer ............................................................................................. 44
9.1 Memory Organizer menu ............................................................................ 44
9.1.1 Measurement statuses ........................................................................ 44
9.1.2 Structure items..................................................................................... 45
9.1.3 Measurement status indication under the Structure item ..................... 45
9.1.4 Operations in Tree menu ..................................................................... 46
10 Single tests ........................................................................................................ 58
10.1 Selection modes ......................................................................................... 58
10.1.1 Single test screens .............................................................................. 59
10.1.2 Setting parameters and limits of single tests ....................................... 60
10.1.3 Single test result screen ...................................................................... 61
10.1.4 Graph view .......................................................................................... 62
10.1.5 Recall single test result screen ............................................................ 63
10.1.6 Single test (Visual Test) screens ......................................................... 64
10.1.7 Single test (Visual Test) start screen ................................................... 64
10.1.8 Single test (Visual Test) screen during test ......................................... 65
10.1.9 Single test (Visual Test) result screen ................................................. 66
10.1.10 Single test (Visual Test) memory screen ............................................. 67
11 Tests and Measurements ................................................................................. 68
11.1 Visual tests ................................................................................................. 68
11.2 Earth Measurements [Ze and Re] ............................................................... 70
11.2.1 2
– pole Measurement ......................................................................... 71
11.2.2 3
– pole Measurement ......................................................................... 73
11.2.3 4
– pole Measurement ......................................................................... 75
11.2.4 Selective (Iron Clamp) Measurement .................................................. 77
11.2.5 2 Clamps Measurement ....................................................................... 79
11.2.6 HF-Earth Resistance (25 kHz) Measurement ...................................... 81
11.2.7 Selective (Flex Clamps 1 - 4) Measurement ........................................ 84
11.2.8 Passive (Flex Clamps) Measurement .................................................. 86
11.3
Specific Earth Resistance Measurements [ρ] ............................................. 89
11.3.1 General on specific earth ..................................................................... 89
11.3.2 Wenner method Measurement ............................................................ 90
11.3.3 Schlumberger method Measurement ................................................... 92
11.4 Impulse Impedance [Zp] ............................................................................. 94
11.4.1 Impulse Measurement ......................................................................... 94
11.5 DC Resistance [R] ...................................................................................... 96
11.5.1
Ω - Meter (200 mA) Measurement ....................................................... 96
11.5.2
Ω - Meter (7 mA) Measurement ........................................................... 97
11.6 AC Impedance [Z] ....................................................................................... 99
11.6.1 Impedance Meter Measurement .......................................................... 99