Power Quality at 400 Hz: Aviation Use Cases for the HDPQ Xplorer 400

400 Hz systems are common in aircraft and ground-based aviation equipment. They demand instruments that truly measure at 400 Hz. Here’s how the Dranetz HDPQ Xplorer 400 helps teams troubleshoot, verify performance, and cut downtime across flight lines, gates, and onboard systems.

39 Years. Zero Nonsense. Meet Thurman Bridgers.

You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who knows Dranetz, or the power quality world, better than Thurman Bridgers, our Northeast Regional Sales Manager. Since 1986, Thurman has been a constant for our customers across his region. He covers a wide swath of states: from New England down to Virginia and across to the Dakotas. After […]

Meet Salvador, Your Go-To for the Southeast

Salvador Coronado joined Dranetz in January 2025, and he’s already making things happen in the Southeast. Covering Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, Salvador works closely with customers and channel partners to solve problems, simplify projects, and support smarter decisions. With nearly two decades of experience in Test and Measurement, Salvador […]

Meeting FAA JO 6950.27B Harmonic Analysis Requirements with Confidence

FAA JO 6950.27B Harmonic Analysis Requirements

When the FAA updated its JO 6950.27B Power System Studies Order, it reinforced something many engineers already knew: harmonics can’t be ignored. In certain projects, the order specifically calls for harmonic analysis to evaluate waveform distortions from nonlinear loads, especially at the point of common coupling (PCC). Harmonic distortion can degrade power quality, cause overheating […]

Meet Gary Forcella: Regional Sales Manager with a Mission-Ready Mindset

You won’t find Gary Forcella sitting still for long. As the Dranetz Central & Western Regional Sales Manager, Gary covers a broad and busy territory: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, and Nevada. Gary brings more than 35 years of sales and sales management experience across aerospace, electronics, packaging, […]

GMC Instruments Americas expands with new headquarters – strengthening the Dranetz legacy

The Edison, New Jersey location becomes the central hub for sales, distribution and service across North and South America Edison, NJ, July 15, 2025 – GMC Instruments, a global leader in electrical measurement and testing technology, based in Nuremberg, Germany, has announced the establishment of its new sales, distribution and service headquarters for the Americas […]

PQ Testing: The Overlooked Step That Can Save Your Solar Investment

PQ testing for solar grids

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 […]

Power Quality Standards: What You Need to Know

Power Quality Standards: What You Need to Know

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 […]

Stop the Noise: How to Fine-Tune Waveshape Triggering for Distorted Loads

how to fine tune waveshape triggering

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 […]

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