Power Monitoring
Power Monitoring
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I discovered an Amprobe DM II sitting in the back of the maintenance shop and I am using it to do some power data monitoring. The amp probes will only fit around one feeder in places where there is more than one feeder coming from the power company transformer. I have 2 conflicting opinions on how the power is distributed in these feeders. One is that they are all carrying the same load and the other is that each feeder is carrying 1/number_of_feeders of the load. All variances aside I would think that the load would be split between each wire and the data I collect from one would then be multiplied by the number of wires on each phase.






RE: Power Monitoring
Alan
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RE: Power Monitoring
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RE: Power Monitoring
Alan
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RE: Power Monitoring
You may get 0.5A down one and 1A on the other depending on the loads at the end of the feeder.