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Quick Start Guide 4
Quick Start Guide
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Owner’s Reference
Quintessence Power Center
The front panel of the
Quintessence Power Center has
three function buttons, located
just below the display. It has
two display modes that can be
accessed from the front panel or
remote control including: voltage
and THD.
From left to right as you face the
unit, the functions are mode up,
mode down, display.
Mode buttons are used to scroll
through the display options.
Display options include, voltage
and THD (Total Harmonic
Distortion).
Each mode has an associated
function indicator that will light up
to indicate the display function you
are on.
The default display position is
Voltage In. This shows the voltage
coming into the Power Plant from
the AC wall socket.
The next position is the Incoming THD measurement. This measures the percent of harmonics
present on the incoming AC line. Typical in a home is between 2% and 5%. Harmonics are
generated by distortions in the AC waveforms, clipped top of the sine wave and added noise. These
are undesirable.
The Quintessence can not improve or repair the distorted AC sine wave. Only a Power Plant AC
regenerator can do that. The Quintessence will, in fact, clean anything above 2kHz, including some
harmonic distortion. However, the analyzer built into the Quintessence is limited to approximately 1
kHz.
The display button on the far right side of the Quintessence Power Center has three positions that
control display brightness. Full, half and off.
MultiWave and CleanWave are functions exclusive to the Power Plant. The remote we use is
applicable to both the Power Plant and the Quintessence. However, while the remote shows “MW”
(MultiWave) and CleanWave buttons, they are inoperative on the Quintessence.
There are two buttons on the remote labeled “Edit”. These are not used on the Power Plant and are
there for future products and features.
Front Panel
Features
Mode buttons
Voltage In
THD
Measurement
