Fluke launches analysis tool for saving energy

Fluke introduces a special edition instrument for efficient energy consumption studies, load analysis, and power quality logging.

Fluke has launched the Fluke 434/PWR Power Analyser which can uncover energy waste in commercial and factory buildings, as well as in equipment and machines.

The unit can be used to conduct energy consumption studies and electrical load analysis, and to perform power quality logging and analysis according to EN 50160.

The power analyser can demonstrate the benefits of efficiency improvements by making energy consumption tests.

The Fluke 434/PWR measures harmonic distortion caused by electronic loads, and analyses reliability problems by capturing voltage dips and swells from load switching.

A full colour display uses industry-standard colour-coding to correlate measurements with actual wiring.

It can log incoming data, with an Autotrend function highlighting changes of data over time, and comes with Fluke's Power Log analysis software.

The Fluke 434/PWR is a complete three-phase troubleshooting tool that measures virtually every power system parameter; voltage, current, frequency, power, energy consumption, cos or power factor, unbalance and harmonics and inter-harmonics.

The instrument captures dips and swells, interruptions and rapid voltage changes based upon 1/2 cycle rms values.

Two groups of four channels simultaneously measure voltage and current on all three phases and neutral.

The 434/PWR meets the stringent 600V CAT IV, 1000V CAT III safety standard required for measurements at the service entrance.

A logging function allows users to customise measurement selections and provides analysis of user-selectable parameters to find intermittent problems or relate power quality issues to other events.

The logger provides detailed and user-configurable long-term recording.

It gives MIN, MAX and AVG readings of up to 100 parameters on all four phases.

Averaging time can be selected down to 0.5 seconds, or 1 minute for 1 day's recording, 10 minutes for 1 week, 30 minutes for 1 month or more.

Autotrend gives fast insight into changes over time.

With the push of a button, the System Monitor gives an overview of power system performance and also checks that incoming power complies to EN50160 limits or to custom specifications.

Automatic scaling of the vertical axis facilitates trend analysis, so the waveforms can always be shown on a full display.

The Fluke 434/PWR Power Analyser can perform extensive data analysis.

Cursors and zoom can be used live while taking the measurements, or offline on stored measurement data.

The stored measurements can also be transferred to Power Log software.

The built-in Power Log software displays all recorded parameters on interactive trends.

Users can generate a professional looking report with the Print function or copy and paste images into report documents manually.

The report generator can be customised to easily create tailored formats.

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