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Posted: 24 April 2008  |  Supplied by: Tech-Rentals Pty Ltd

Compact power meter

Need to test and analyse electrical circuits? A popular electrician’s choice is the Hioki 3169-21 Power HiTester; functionality and safety packed into a handheld clamp-on unit.

This compact power meter can simultaneously perform demand measurements required for carrying out power management and energy-saving measures, as well as harmonic measurements.

The Hioki 3169-21 is capable of testing voltage, current, active power, reactive power, apparent power, power factor, integrated value, frequency and harmonics; the HiTester 3169-21 measure voltages between 150 to 600 V at three ranges.

Features include:

  • Measure up to two three-phase, 3-wire systems;
  • Measure up to four single-phase, 2-wire systems;
  • 5 to 5000 A range, PC card data storage;
  • Simultaneous recording of demand values and harmonics;
  • Compact and lightweight;
  • Detect incorrect connection using vector diagrams;
  • Measure the power of just a few cycles, enabling more detailed and effective energy-saving measures for equipment.

The Hioki 3169-21 also comes with useful power measurement support software that provides quick and easy transfer of data from the unit to a PC, for simple graphical processing and analysis.