FLIR CM85 - Power Measurements

FLIRCM82USERMANUALDocumentIdentifier:CM82‐en‐US_AD
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5.8PowerMeasurements
5.8.1SinglePhasePowerMeasurements
1. SetthefunctionswitchtotheWposition.
2.
InserttheblackprobeleadintothenegativeCOMterminalandtheredprobeleadinto
thepositiveWterminal.
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3.
Pressthetriggertoopentheclampjaws.Fullyencloseoneconductor—refertoFigure5.1.
Foroptimumresults,centertheconductorinthejaws.
Note:The+symbolonthejawshouldbedirectedtowardthepowersource
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4. Connect theprobeleadsinparalleltothepart undertest.
5.
Readtheactivepowervalueonthedisplay.
 Ifthevalueisdisplayedwithoutasign,thepowerisflowingfromthepowersourcetothe
load.
 Ifthevalueisdisplayedwithaminussign(–),thepowerisflowingfromthepowerloadto
thesource.
6. Tomeasureanddisplaythepowerfactor,press
theMODEbuttonrepeatedlyuntilthe 
indicatorisdisplayed.
7. Readthepowerfactorvalueonthedisplay.
 Ifthevalueisdisplayedwithoutasign,thephaseofthecurrentsignalislaggingbehind
thevoltagesignal(inductiveload).
 Ifthevalueisdisplayedwithaminussign(–),thephaseofthecurrentsignalisleadingthe
voltagesignal(capacitiveload).
8. Toreturntoactivepowermeasurements,presstheMODEbuttonrepeatedlyuntilneither
the
northe indicatorisdisplayed.
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Ifanoverloadoccurs,thefollowingisdisplayed:
OL.V:Voltageoverloadorbothvoltageandcurrentoverload.
OL.A:Currentoverload.
OL.kW:Activepoweroverload.