PM1000+ Voltech Power Analyzer Used

Driven by consumer demand and energy efficiency legislation, tomorrow’s electrical and electronic products must operate with ever-greater efficiency and employ increasingly complex control methods such as a low-power standby operation. The accurate measurement of electrical power has never been more important than it is today.

The Voltech PM1000+ is the first power analyzer to combine bench instrument accuracy with sophisticated energy consumption features and low-power standby measurements at an affordable price. The PM1000+ measures power consumption from milliwatts to megawatts, providing accurate power and harmonic data on products ranging from the tiniest cell phone charger to the latest electric hybrid bus.

Designed and built using over 20 years of Voltech know-how. The PM1000+ is the most powerful, accurate, no compromise power and energy analysis tool for the design and test of tomorrow’s products.

Voltage

• Ranges: 900, 215, 46, 10 Vpk
• Frequency range 10Hz to 1MHz
• Peak continuous: 1500 Vpk (over voltage)
• Peak < 1 second: 5000 Vpk (over voltage)
• Input Impedance: 1 MΩ
• Display: 4.5 Digits
• Crest Factor: 20 (Peak/RMS)
• RMS Accuracy 0.1% of rdg + 0.1%of range + 4mV + (0.02 F) % of rdg
• DC Accuracy: 0.1% of rdg + 0.4% of range + 5mV
• Voltage ± Peak: Accuracy 0.5% of rdg + 0.5% of range + (0.02 F) % of rdg

Current

• Ranges: 100, 25, 6.25, 1.6, 0.4, 0.1 Apk
• Frequency range: 10Hz to 1MHz
• Peak continuous: 20Arms
• Peak < 1 second: 60Arms (over current)
• Input resistance: 12.5 mΩ
• Crest Factor: 20 (Peak/RMS)
• RMS Accuracy: 0.1% of rdg + 0.1% of range + 1mA + (0.02 F) % of rdg
• DC Accuracy: 0.1% of rdg + 0.4% of range + 1mA
• Current ±Peak Accuracy: 0.5% of rdg + 0.5% of range + (0.02 F) % of rdg

Watts

• Ranges: 1W to 90kW
• Frequency range: 10Hz to 1MHz
• Accuracy: 0.2% rdg + 0.1% range + 4mW + ((0.05/PF) F) % of rdg

VA

• Ranges: 1VA to 90kVA
• Frequency range: 10Hz to 1MHz
• Accuracy: 0.2% rdg + 0.1 % of range +4mVA + (0.05 F) % of rdg

VAr

• Ranges: 1VAr to 90kVAr
• Frequency range: 10Hz to 1MHz
• Accuracy: 0.2% rdg + 0.1% range + 4mVAr + ((0.05/1-PF) F) % of rdg

Power Factor 

• Range: -1.000 to +1.000
• Accuracy: ±0.002 ±((0.001/PF) F)

Frequency

• Range: DC and 10Hz to 1MHz
• Accuracy: 0.1%

Voltage Crest Factor

• Range: 1.00 to 20.0
• Accuracy: %Vpk error + % Vrms error

Current Crest Factor

• Range: 1.00 to 20.0
• Accuracy: %Apk error + % Arms error

Peak Inrush Current

• Range: 100Apk
• Accuracy: 2% of range ±20mA

Harmonic Analysis

• Number of Voltage & Current Harmonics: 50
• Maximum Harmonics Frequency: 450kHz
• Accuracy: 0.2% of Reading + 0.1% of range +0.04% per kHz of Harmonics
• Frequency Range: 10Hz to 450kHz

THD

• Range & Accuracy: Range 0-999%
• Accuracy 0.4% + (0.1 F) % of reading
• Formula: Series or difference

Standby Power

• Time Window: 1-300 sec
• Resolution: 1 second

Impedance

• Range: 0.005Ω to 1MΩ
• Accuracy: 0.2% of Reading +0.1% of range; +5mΩ + ((0.05/PF) F) % of reading

Resistance 

• Range: 0.005Ω to 1MΩ
• Accuracy: 0.2% of reading + 0.1% of range; +5mΩ + ((0.05/PF) F) % of reading

Reactance 

• Range: 0.005Ω to 1MΩ
• Accuracy: 0.2% of Reading + 0.1% of range; +5mΩ + ((0.05/1-PF) F) % of reading

External Shunt 

• Input Range: ±1250 mVpk
• Scaling: 0.0001 to 100000

Mechanical

• 1/2 rack size
• Rack height: 85mm; W=224mm
• Height including feet 103mm

Modes of Operation-Applications

• Harmonics Display
• Energy Integrator
• Wave Form Display
• Standby Power
• Lighting Ballast
• Normal
• Inrush Current
• Pre-compliance IEC 61000-3

Harmonics and Distortion

• Up to the 50th harmonic
• Amplitude and phase from trouble-free DFT
• THD Total Harmonic Distortion
• Accurate DC measurements in the presence of AC
• 450kHz bandwidth for harmonics
• Harmonic bargraph display with cursor selection

Energy Measurement

The power consumption of everyday home and office electrical appliances is of importance to consumers and generators of electricity alike.

When the power consumption varies over time, then integration of the power (W-hr integration) is required.

The PM1000+ provides comprehensive integration features suitable for Energy Star measurements and for low-power measurements in accordance with international directives, eg. IEC 62301 which also requires crest factor measurements up to 8 and 50 harmonics.

• Precision Graphical Watt-Hour and VA-Hour Measurements
• Clock

Waveform Display

• Display voltage & current waveforms
• Cursor readout: Volts RMS & Amps RMS

Low-Power Standby

The first power analyzer developed with low power measurements built-in as standard.

• Special mode averages and captures power supplies in burst mode to provide accurate measurements in the shortest possible time.
• Very low current range (< 1mA with Voltech universal break-out box)
• Average power and accumulated energy measurements
• Crest factor up to 20
• Resolution better than 10mW
• Free PC software

Power Supplies

Ideal for measurements on power supplies, from wall chargers to UPS and high-power converters, the PM1000+ makes accurate measurements on all waveforms including those heavily distorted by the rectification and smoothing at power supply inputs.

• W: Input and Output power
• Vrms: Line regulation, drop-out voltage, testing power fail circuits
• Arms: Conductor and fuse rating
• VA: Apparent power for supply rating
• Apk MAX: Inrush Current; Verification of inrush limiting circuit design; Qualified fuse rating
• PF: Power Factor (W/ VA) for verification of power factor control circuits
• A harm: Amps harmonics for testing to harmonic standards
• A THD: Distortion of input current
• V THD: Distortion of supply or AC output
• Integrator: Low-power standby measurements

IEC 61000-3 Harmonics & Flicker Testing

Until today, the accurate measurement of harmonics and flicker for ‘CE’ marking of products has been the domain of expensively equipped EMC labs. The Harmonics and Flicker measuring option for the Voltech PM1000+ power analyzer is a revolution in the way these measurements will be made. For the first-time engineers designing and testing electrical products will have a compact, benchtop solution that will enable them to test their product at every stage of development. This will give engineers a high degree of confidence before they ultimately submit their product for full compliance testing. Testing with the PM1000+ will help highlight potential problems, significantly reducing time-to-market and minimizing expensive EMC lab re-test.

• Harmonics to EN61000-3-2 (pre-compliance)
• Flicker to EN61000-3-3 (pre-compliance)
• Harmonics including inter-harmonic groups to EN61000-4-7
• AC source and impedance network not required (pre-compliance)
• Check compliance at every design stage
• Avoid expensive EMC lab re-test
• PASS / FAIL result and comprehensive diagnostic reports
• PC software operates over USB (all models) or GPIB (communications model)

Using algorithms from the certified PM6000 power analyzer (as used by leading EMC labs) the PM1000+ analyzer provides many of the key measurements in one cost effective benchtop instrument. The results are obtained using proprietary software in the analyzer and processed and presented by PC software. The PC software configures the instrument automatically and provides detailed diagnostic results similar to those from an EMC lab, showing results against the limits of IEC61000-3-2 and IEC61000-3-3. The measurements are right up-to-date with the standards, including the measurement of inter-harmonic groups and licker.

Such measurements will help identify problems during the early stages of a development, instead of at the final EMC certification.