Dranetz PowerXplorer PX5 Power Quality Analyzer
The Dranetz PowerXplorer PX5 is a portable, handheld, eight channel power quality meter and monitor. It combines a wide feature set with easy navigation on a 1/4 VGA color touch screen so technicians can capture characterize and analyze power quality problems and power usage in the field. It is designed to meet the most advanced power quality standards and it replaces several separate instruments (voltmeter, frequency meter oscilloscope, harmonics meter) with one.
Key Features Dranetz PowerXplorer PX5
- Eight simultaneous channels: four differential voltage inputs (1 to 600 Vrms, AC/DC, 0.1% of reading) plus four current inputs using current transformers or flexible probes covering 0.1 to 6,000 Arms depending on the sensor
- High resolution sampling: 256 samples per cycle with a 16 bit ADC
- Fast transient capture: high speed digitized sampling captures and analyzes microsecond wide transients and shows the whole event as a scope like display
- Event characterization: built in event characterizer labels disturbances with events time stamped to the millisecond helping to pinpoint the source and cause
- Annunciator “report card”: color coded categories give instant power quality answers in the field
- Comprehensive power quality parameters: sags and swells, transients, flicker, unbalance and sequence components, harmonics, interharmonics, subharmonics, and telephone interference factor
- Power and energy measurements: watts, VA, VAR, true and displacement power factor, demand, and energy
- Standards compliance: designed to meet IEEE 1159, IEEE 519, IEEE 1453, IEC 61000-4-30 Class A and EN 50160 with statistical output to help check compliance
- AnswerModules: intelligent diagnostic and reporting tools that help identify the source and cause of power quality problems
- Data management: removable compact flash memory (a 256 MB card listed as standard with larger memory options) and DRAN-VIEW software for downloading, analysis, and reporting
- Battery or AC operation: with a built in UPS type battery and external charger
- Multiple languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Swedish
- Variant: the PX5-400 version is built for 50/60 Hz and 400 Hz systems on ships, aircraft, and submarines
Typical Applications
- Power quality surveys and troubleshooting in industrial and commercial facilities
- Harmonics, flicker, and load imbalance investigations
- Compliance checking against IEEE, IEC, and EN 50160 limits
- Transient and disturbance capture on sensitive equipment
- Energy and demand studies
- 400 Hz systems testing on military, aerospace, and marine equipment (PX5-400)
Why Choose It
The Dranetz PowerXplorer PX5 gives power quality engineers lab grade capture and clear immediate answers in a portable instrument. Its event characterizer and AnswerModules shorten the time from capture to diagnosis.
