Fluke 430 Series Power Quality Meters

For the last several years, tool users have told Fluke they needed a three phase Power Quality Analyzer to audit and troubleshoot critical power applications in the facility, starting at the service entrance.

No matter whether they were a consultant or a facility technicians, the story was the same: They needed to pinpoint power quality problems quickly, and for that, they needed detailed information. In particularly candid moments, some admitted that if the available monitoring devices weren’t so hard to use, so expensive, or so heavy to lug around, they would probably conduct preventive maintenance more often.

Fluke’s answer is the 430 series handheld power quality analyzer.

• Three-phases and four channels

• Rated for use at the service entrance: CAT IV 600 V/ CAT III 1000 V

• Sets up in less than one minute

• Simple, menu-driven interface

• Automated recording and analysis

The two most unique features are AutoTrend, which records everything on the screen automatically without setting a trigger, and System-Monitor, a quick diagnosis of system performance against user defined limits. Other features include:

• Viewing stored data while continuing to record.

• Switching back and forth from digital display to trend without interrupting the recording.

• Optically isolated so you can record while downloading information to your PC.

• High resolution, color LCD for viewing multiple parameters and multiple phases simultaneously.

• Waveform capture lets you test for interaction between phases or between voltage and current.

• Triggering on envelope — or — trigger on rms voltage or current.

• Screen cursors allow you to pinpoint problems, quickly.

• Capturing transients and waveform disturbances with 5 μs resolution.

• Toggling to phase or display at any time for a quick check of phase sequence.

Together these features help to quickly diagnose problems and build benchmarks for predictive maintenance.