As solar PV installations expand, performance expectations and ROI are understandably front and center. But there’s one step that often gets skipped, and it’s one that can cost you down the line: evaluating power quality (PQ). This Application Note explains why PQ assessments are critical before and after solar installation commissioning. It highlights the importance […]
If you’ve ever connected two different power quality meters to the same circuit and gotten different results, you’re not alone. It’s an age-old issue in power quality monitoring. And when it happens, the obvious question is: which reading should you trust? That’s where power quality standards come in. But knowing which ones apply, especially in […]
If your power monitoring system is capturing more events than you can make sense of, incorrect settings might be to blame. Dranetz waveshape triggers are a powerful tool to detect step load changes, negative transients, harmonics, and other intermittent fast changes in voltage or current that can affect your power system. Waveshape triggers continually look […]
Downtime isn’t one-size-fits-all. For some, it’s a missed deadline that can be made up with overtime. If you’re responsible for a data center though, it can be more serious—lost transactions, service disruption, and major hits to trust and uptime SLAs. The real cost depends on how reliant your operation is on clean, uninterrupted power—and how […]
Most power quality events won’t shut you down. But when they do, they cost more than just a headache. The challenge isn’t detecting power quality problems. That’s the easy part. The real question is: Do those issues actually matter to your operation? A dip, a transient, a bit of harmonic distortion—none of these are problems […]
If you’re an electrical professional responsible for reliable power solutions—whether its system design, installation, or maintenance—the Dranetz in-person power monitoring seminar is built for you.
July 26, 2023 – Edison, NJ USA – Dranetz Technologies announces free and unlicensed Dran-View 7 Pro software. Listening to the voice of the customer, effective immediately, Dranetz has removed the USB HASP key and other operational license requirements for Dran-View 7 (DV7) Pro. DV7 Pro users now have unlimited access to powerful software without […]
EDISON, NJ, USA — November 3, 2022 — We have moved our factory and headquarters to a new, modern facility about 1 mile away in Edison, NJ USA. The new headquarters address for Dranetz & Electrotek is:191 Talmadge RoadEdison, NJ 08817 Our office phone numbers, and email addresses remain the same. The only change is […]
EDISON, NJ, USA — October 27, 2022 — We are excited to inform you that we are moving our factory and headquarters to a new, modern facility about 1 mile away. We remain in Edison, NJ USA and expect to be fully operational in our new facility during the first week of November. Our new […]
To Our Valued Customers: As the world begins to recover from the pandemic there is a global shortage of semiconductors and other materials, such as plastics and metals. Industry analysts are predicting that the shortages will continue through the remainder of 2021 and possibly into 2022. Some predict the situation could get worse before it […]
