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MAKING THE MEASUREMENTS
Thousands of design and test engineers trust Voltech power analyzers to provide clear and definitive measurements when performing lighting ballast tests.Our power analyzer range is ideal for ballast testing because the analyzers are easy to use, have clear displays with great interfacing software and provide accurate measurements such as power (watts), volts, amps, power factor and THD.

When measuring ballasts engineers use a Voltech power analyzer / wattmeter to help make the right measurements first time and speed up the design development and production test of the lighting ballast. For today’s lighting companies making the right measurement is very important for providing cost effective and efficient ballasts. There are many design criteria that go into making efficient lighting ballast such as making sure the ballast input and output power is correct and making sure that accuracy is correct at both low and high frequency.


Lighting Ballast TESTING, RIGHT FIRST TIME
  • Power (watts), Power Factor
  • Volts, Amps, Frequency
  • Efficiency of ballast
  • Common mode rejection
Lighting ballast characterization
  • Efficiency at all operating conditions
  • Ballast output power
  • Harmonics and THD
  • High switching frequency 100kHz, 400kHz
The Measurements
  • Power and Efficiency, Power Factor
  • Volts, Amps, Frequency.
  • THD
A COMPLEX MEASUREMENT PROBLEM:
Modern lighting products must meet the ever increasing consumer and legislative demands for increased efficiency, low input current harmonics and high power factor. To measure the efficiency of a lighting ballast accurately, the power measuring instrument must be precise at high frequencies, especially > 100k. Voltech provides class-leading measurement solutions for measurements on lighting ballasts.
Voltech's Power Analyzers with high accuracy, excellent rejection of common-mode signals, and IEC61000-3-2 harmonics software.
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THE SOLUTION
PM6000 - Multi Phase Power Analyzer
  • Multi-channel for simultaneous input and multi-tube output measurements
  • Best available high-frequency (>100kHz) accuracy and common mode rejection
  • Provides the very best available ballast output power and efficiency measurements
PM1000+ - Next Generation Power Analyzer
  • Single phase power analyzer with 1MHz bandwidth.
  • Measure at ballast output as well as the line input with this versatile entry level power analyzer