For CEA operations, temperature, humidity, airflow, lighting, and CO₂ must stay within narrow limits 24/7 to foster growing conditions for high-value crops. When power quality deteriorates, environmental systems can go off-spec, putting these crops at risk. When HVAC and VFDs began failing unexpectedly, New Jersey CEA facility operators took a closer look at their power operations.
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The latest article in EC&M’s PQ Newsbeat covers something that’s often overlooked: planning. “Planning and Preparing a Power Quality Survey” by Ross Ignall, Director of Business Development and Marketing, walks through the steps to take before deploying any instruments. From identifying symptoms and setting objectives to knowing what to monitor—and for how long—the article focuses […]
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May
May
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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May
May
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 […]
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.