Power Quality Investigations

Poor power quality (PQ) has differing effects for different people and businesses. This might vary
from a nuisance to the loss of income from unrealised photovoltaic export for a domestic
customer to the loss of production for a large business…………………………..

This article was published in the first edition of Transmission and Distribution and Industrial Electrix magazines for 2022. Chris Halliday provides guidance around the typical PQ issues and then some, the effects of poor PQ, reasons for a PQ investigation, test equipment, procedures, analysis and reporting and training.

This article is must read for anyone interested and/or involved in power quality investigations.

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