POWER QUALITY ANALYZERS and use with different brand current probes

[john van allen]

Over the years I have acquired a lot of test equipment. One piece of gear was a DRANETZ EP1 which came with 4 current probes for measuring AC currents up to 3000Amps. However I am sometimes asked to perform discharge curves on DC battery banks so had been using a Fluke i1010 DC Current Clamp-on probe with one Fluke 87 recording DVM and a second Fluke 87 recording the DC volts during a discharge test. The Dranetz has the A, B. and C channels for 3 phase AC power and a "D" channel for differential marked positive and negative. Isn't there some way I can use my Fluke i1010 DC probe on the D channel of the DRANETZ using the scale factor settings to get the 1mv per DC Amp to create a graphical discharge curve.

 

[(*steve*)]

Probably not.

AC and DC current probes typically use a different type of sensor and equipment desired for one will not work with the other.

 

[dorke]

Looks like it may be possible.
That EP1 can measure DC voltage and current.
They do use a Hall effect probe for DC called PR150 and PR1500.
You can compare it 's specs to the Fluke you have.

I think it would be wise to consult DRANETZ here

 

[john van allen]

Thank you for your response. The Fluke i1010 is Hall effect CT, uses a 9v battery on DC and produces 1mv dc for each DC Amp passing through the clamp. The PR150/SP2B is almost identical except it produces 10mv dc for each DC Amp passing through the clamp. The Dranetz has a "Scale Factor" setting which seems to imply that I should be able to get this Fluke clamp to work without placing the Dranetz at any risk. Dranetz prefers I buy the PR150 but at 600 a pop plus having the i1010 it seems a shame if its usable. I may require some adapters to mate the i1010 with the Dranetz inputs but that should be easy. Has anybody tried to set this up with scale factor adjustments?
Thanks
John