Fluke DMMs and VFD motor drives
DaveC wrote:
I'm considering the purchase of a new Fluke DMM. I like the low-impedance feature of the 117, but the low-pass filter feature of the 87 is also attractive. I had a conversation with a support engineer at Fluke today to try to help me decide between these two meters. It came down to the question of whether the variable-frequency drives I come across will have noisy outputs which the low-pass filter will be helpful in dealing with. Among other services, I install some (3-phase, mostly) VFDs for 230v motors on old printing equipment to give them a 2nd life. I have no idea how many (ie, percentage) of VFDs are "noisy" that will make measurement difficult with a DMM w/o low-pass filtering. Is this a common problem? If you've got some experience in this area I'd like to hear your comments. Thanks, Dave A scope meter is the best tool for such a job.. |
Fluke DMMs and VFD motor drives
A scope meter is the best tool for such a job..
[Jamie] Why? Also, I already have a hand-held scope (Tektronix) so I don't want to spend $$ unnecessarily on features I already have in maybe another tool. Dave |
Fluke DMMs and VFD motor drives
DaveC wrote:
A scope meter is the best tool for such a job.. [Jamie] Why? Also, I already have a hand-held scope (Tektronix) so I don't want to spend $$ unnecessarily on features I already have in maybe another tool. Dave Because working with VFD's, especially with Vector mode drives, You see a lot more happening in the output over what a DMM can show you. Even my Fluke 289 with it's low pass will give incorrect readings of what is really happening if a Vector drive isn't tuned, incorrect induction values, defective encoder, something etc.. If all you're looking for is a ball park figure, then I guess you could use a low pass DMM. It's up to you. For every man, they have their own tool! |
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