Hi Chaps, being a bit of a nerd, I'm interested in measuring all sorts of stuff and have a collection of gear. A while back whilst I bought this handy power analyser which is sold in the UK by RS PRO, which tends to mean low-end. Anyway, I want to measure dips and/or spikes on a 230V supply on a project that has been blowing input surge protector-related fuses on some battery charger rectifiers. The 15A fuses link with an MOV that starts to clamp at 800v pk, so I'm thinking that this is a relatively high energy surge, but only seems to happen infrequently - 7 different sites blew a module in 5 months across 100± railway sites, never twice in the same location.
But this is not a question about the surge, but about the ipm6300. There isn't much information about it. It logs current, voltage power etc. But it also has a fast transient logging mode - that records dips and swells and outages, which might be what I'd like to leave on site for a few days for collecting generally noisy supplies.
I've got the software but I'm not sure if it is running OK. I can download the transient file list into the Windows programme, but there doesn't seem to be anything happening when it is there, and there is no option to save or see an image or data points re surge magnitude or shape etc.
So does anyone have one of these beasts?