Clamp on Power meter
Clamp on Power meter
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I'm in the market to purchase a new meter to measure KVA, KVAR. I'm looking at the Hioki 3286-20 or the Extech 38096. Both are three phase clamp on meters and I'd like any feedback from anyone who's used any/either of these two meters. The next one on my list would be the Fluke 1735.






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The Extech appears to use clamps that require their own batteries. The nice part about this is that you don't necessarily have to use their current clamps for other current ranges.
The Fluke uses self powered coils. These work well to install in odd locations better than a hard clamp probe.
One thing to check is the data you can get from each. For example, we have a Fluke 43B and it basically downloads a picture of the screen. So, when you record you get a trace across the screen and then you can save the screen and download it. No access to the actual data points.
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DMagyar, looks like u're from Hungary. Am I right, are we neighbours? Look at the pdf attached and try to find some distributor closer to you, I'm sure they have it. If they don't, which I doubt, and u're still interested, I'll help u with mine.
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I guess that your distributor is Milan from Sigmateh .Very smart young man.
Greetings from Smederevo.
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I've been in Smederevo last year.
Greetings 4u2.
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