MI 2792 PowerQ4 Plus
Operating the instrument
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3.6 Flickermeter
Flickermeter measures the human perception of the effect of amplitude modulation on
the mains voltage powering a light bulb. In Flickermeter menu instrument shows
measured flicker parameters. Results can be seen in a tabular (METER) or a graphical
form (TREND) - which is active only while RECORDER is active. See section 3.9 for
instructions how to start recording. In order to understand meanings of particular
parameter see section 5.1.9.
3.6.1 Meter
By entering FLICKERMETER menu from MEASUREMENTS menu the
FLICKERMETER tabular screen is shown
(see figure below)
.
Figure 3.25: Flickermeter table screen
Description of symbols and abbreviations used in METER screen is shown in table
bellow.
Table 3.24: Instrument screen symbols and abbreviations
Current recorder status:
RECORDER is active
RECORDER is busy (retrieving data from memory)
RECORDER is not active
Current instrument time
Urms
True effective value U
Rms
Pst(1min) Short
term
(1 min) flicker P
st1min
Pst
Short term (10 min) flicker P
st
Plt
Long term flicker (2h) P
st
Inverted colors represent that measurement is not valid (in case of voltage
overrange, voltage dips, low voltage, etc.)
Table 3.25: Keys functions
Waveform snapshoot:
Hold measurement on display
Save held measurement into memory