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Operation Guide
Owner’s Reference
PerfectWave Power Plant 10
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7:
Operation
Guide
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Reading input & output “vitals” and status information
Upon selecting SCOPE the user will first
see an oscilloscopic representation of the
incoming AC waveform. This is a visual
interpretation of the AC’s frequency and
distortion, thereby denoting the quality
of the power in the home. This is what
your components would be receiving if
not for the Power Plant 10. Often times
the incoming waveform will exhibit a
truncated, or chopped-off peak.
By touching the Right arrow, we move
to the second screen which displays,
instead, the output AC waveform. The user will notice a smoother, perfectly formed, symmetrical
sine wave. These are the corrections that the Power Plant 10 is making to the AC signal. A clipped,
distorted or asymmetrical sine wave implies harmonic distortion which lessens the quality of musical
playback and weakens the performance of your system. By completely eliminating the original AC
signal and applying a reference sine wave (using a sine wave generator) the Power Plant 10 literally
rebuilds the AC to a nearly perfect signal.
By pressing the Right arrow a second time, the Power Plant 10 will display the incoming vs.
outgoing sine wave differential. This is essentially a closer look at the difference the Power Plant 10
is making in your AC power. Everything you see on this screen is what the P10 is getting rid of.
By pressing the Right arrow a final time you will find the STATUS screen. Here measurements are
available for voltage input, voltage output, THD input, THD output, power output (in wattage), load
percentage (of the maximum continuous output), current (in amps), and frequency (in Hz). THD
stands for Total Harmonic Distortion, and is a numerical representation of the two sine waves seen
on the first two screens. Reduction in THD from input to output will vary, but typically the Power
Plant 10 will reduce THD by anywhere between a factor of two and a factor of ten.
At any time while in the SCOPE menu,
the Home button can be pressed to
return to the HOME SCREEN.
SCOPE
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