Ideal 61-830 User Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

A WARNING statement identifies hazardous conditions and actions that could cause bodily harm or death.

WARNINGS

To avoid possible electric shock, personal injury or death follow these guidelines:

• Do not use if meter appears damaged.

• Do not use meter if it operates abnormally as protection maybe impaired.

• Do not use in wet weather.

• Do not use around explosive gas, dust, or vapor.

• Do not apply more than the rated voltage to the meter.

• Do not use without the battery and the back case properly installed.

• Do not attempt to repair this unit as it has no user-serviceable parts.

• Replace battery as soon as low battery indicator appears.

• Voltages exceeding 30VAC or 60VDC pose a shock hazard so use caution.

#61-830

Safety: This tester should only be used by a

competent, suitably trained person. Do not use this tester in wet conditions.

Introduction:

The IDEAL Voltage Performance Monitor (VPM) monitors the branch circuit, recording voltage events that affect equipment performance. The VPM makes monitoring easy. Through easy to navigate setup, select pre-loaded monitoring thresholds (based on recognized standards), plug it into the outlet, and watch the unit capture and log voltage events. All the information needed is at the touch of your fingertips presented on a super-bright OLED display. No computer downloading is required. Using the Voltage Performance Monitor is the easiest way to know the reliability of your voltage.

Features:

• Real-time TRMS voltage, frequency and harmonics monitoring

• Logs important Voltage Sags, Swells and Impulses

• Measures %THD and logs events over 3% (line to neutral)

• Selectable Thresholds based on the most accepted international standards, defaults to ITIC*

• Custom programmable event thresholds

• On-screen review of data

• Impulse detection and immunity up to 4kV

• Invertible display, when it is necessary to plug in upside down.

• Saves up to 512 events

• World-wide adapters included

• CAT III 300V

Voltage Performance Monitor

Instruction Manual

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General Operation:

The menu interface is driven by the navigation buttons. Up to 512 events are stored internally in the unit. 4 AC adapters are supplied to enable use in most world-wide outlets. Insert appropriate adapter into the AC Adapter Input Jack to prepare to monitor.

VPM Callouts

1. Display Screen

2. Navigation Buttons

3. Power Button

4. Input Jack for AC Plug Adapters

5. Event Key Legend

6. Battery Compartment

Adapter Guide

EU: Europlug CEE7/16 2 Pins, Class II United Kingdom Ireland / Hong Kong

US: Class II Model NEMA 1-15P JIS ACPower Receptacle with 2 Prongs. North America / South America Japan

Australian: AS/NZ 3112 2 Pins, Class II China / Australia Argentina

EU: Europlug CEE 7/16 2 Pins, Class II Continental Europe

Quick Start:

Confirm the appropriate nominal voltage, monitoring standard, time, date and delete any stored events from the unit. This is done in the SETUP menu accessed via the REVIEW screen. The time and date must be set before the first use.

Screen Navigation:

Press the power button to turn the unit on and display the REVIEW Screen. The review screen is the default screen when the unit is not connected to AC power. Press the down arrow twice to highlight SETUP and press ENTER. The unit ships from the factory with the nominal voltage set to 120 and the monitoring standard set to ITIC. Nominal voltage options are 100,110,120,200,208,220,230 and 240V.

To change a setting, highlight Set Nominal and press ENTER. Scroll up or down through available options and press ENTER to select highlighted nominal voltage. Press DOWN ARROW to change monitoring standard. Press the RIGHT ARROW to view/change time and date settings, press the RIGHT arrow again to view log and event data. If events are in memory, highlight appropriate option and press ENTER. UP ARROW to change default NO to YES and press ENTER to clear log or events. Unit is now ready to start monitoring. With the power on, plug the VPM in the outlet to be monitored. A lightning bolt icon confirms detection of AC power.

Scroll vertically through

menus:

Count of events

Chronological log of events

Setup options

Scroll horizontally through event detail options

Count of individual events

Count of total events Battery life remaining

The third row displays real time TRMS voltage, frequency and %THD. The fourth row displays the time and date. Press the down arrow to invert the display when the unit needs to be plugged in upside down. Press the right arrow to brighten the display. The VPM display dims and enters a scrolling screen save mode when monitoring. Pressing any button exits the screen saver mode and temporarily brightens the display.

Reviewing Events:

To review data, unplug the unit from the circuit being monitored. No data will be lost if the unit is unplugged before powering down. Voltage, frequency and %THD will flash intermittently indicating the loss of AC power. Press any key within 10 seconds to disregard the artificial loss event created by unplugging the unit. If no key is pressed, a LOSS event will be logged at the time it was unplugged. Unplugging the unit displays the review screen.

Review Screen

1. Count of events by category

2. Event Review

3. LOG Review

4. Set up Review

5. Cumulative count of events.*

6. Battery Life Remaining *(includes RUN events)

The keypad is operational in the review screen. Press the RIGHT ARROW to scroll through event categories: SAG, SWL, IMP and THD. The count of individual voltage events is displayed above each category. Press the DOWN ARROW to scroll through menu options: Event Review, LOG Review and SETUP Review. LOG is a chronological display of all logged events. SETUP provides access to nominal voltage selection, monitoring standards selection, date and time editing, and reset options.

In the example above 5 sag events occurred in addition to 2 swell events, 4 impulse events and 12 THD events. 44 events are stored in the unit and 95% battery life remains. Highlight an event category and press ENTER to display a chronological log of those events. Highlight LOG and press ENTER to display a

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Monitoring Voltage:

Press the power button to turn the unit on. Plug the unit into a live outlet. The IDEAL logo will appear followed by a flashing lightning bolt for approximately 6 seconds. This delay allows the user to confirm the nominal voltage programmed as well as prevent the unit from logging voltage events due to the initial connection to the circuit. The nominal voltage selected is displayed above the lightning bolt. The default nominal voltage is 120. The voltage displayed below the lightning bolt is the actual live voltage and will flash intermittently with the lightning bolt icon. If the unit is unplugged while lightning bolt is still on, no event will record.

Voltage Performance Monitor

1. Nominal Voltage Setting

2. Actual Voltage

3. Event Counter

4. Real-Time Voltage

5. Real-Time THD

6. Time/Date

Monitor Screen:

The monitor screen is displayed while the unit is plugged into AC power. This screen displays real-time monitoring information and the count of voltage events that have occurred. The unit is always actively recording while this screen is displayed. The top row displays the count of any events that have occurred since the unit has been cleared. The second row displays the 4 voltage event categories monitored:

SAG = Voltage Sag SWL = Voltage Swell IMP = Impulse THD = Total Harmonic Distortion.

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