Voltage Dips & Interruptions

Voltage Dips & Interruptions

An overview of test equipment requirements, importance of test equipment characteristics and changes from IEC 61000-4-11 Ed.2 to IEC 61000-4-11 Ed.3 Voltage dips and short interruptions are events that occur due to faults in a power network by sudden changes of large...
Data Line CDNs

Data Line CDNs

Power line CDNs are typically characterized by the Equipment Under Test (EUT) parameters of voltage and current. The power line frequency is fixed so all other parameters are known. Testing on data and signal lines introduces another factor that must be considered,...
Power Line CDNs

Power Line CDNs

Is my CDN compliant to the latest IEC 61000-4-5 requirement? The latest amendment of IEC 61000-4-5 (2017) raises issues related to the use of surge CDNs for high current and DC applications. In fact there are two separate issues that need to be considered. Issue 1:...
Damped Oscillatory Wave Testing

Damped Oscillatory Wave Testing

Electronic measurement and control equipment in energy distribution networks can be susceptible to environmental disturbances called damped oscillatory waves (DOW). Repetitive damped oscillatory waves are phenomena associated with the opening and closing of high...