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AC  LEAKAGE  

Multimeter

PCE-LCT 1

USER

S MANUAL

PCE Americas Inc.

711 Commerce Way 

Suite 8 

Jupiter

FL-33458

USA

From outside US: +1

Tel: (561) 320-9162

Fax: (561) 320-9176

info@pce-americas.com

www.pce-instruments.com/english

www.pce-instruments.com

PCE Instruments UK Ltd.

Units 12/13 

Southpoint Business Park 

Ensign way

Hampshire / Southampton

United Kingdom, SO31 4RF

From outside UK: +44

Tel: (0) 2380 98703 0

Fax: (0) 2380 98703 9

info@pce-instruments.com

Summary of Contents for PCE-LCT 1

Page 1: ...ide US 1 Tel 561 320 9162 Fax 561 320 9176 info pce americas com www pce instruments com english www pce instruments com PCE Instruments UK Ltd Units 12 13 Southpoint Business Park Ensign way Hampshire Southampton United Kingdom SO31 4RF From outside UK 44 Tel 0 2380 98703 0 Fax 0 2380 98703 9 info pce instruments com ...

Page 2: ...l clamp meter for leakage current measurement 2 10μ A high resolution on 40mA range 3 Shield transformer jaws to minimizs the effect of external stray magnetic field 4 Large jaw with 30 mm diameter 5 Five Ranges 40mA 400mA 4A 40A 100A for all application 6 A filter circuit is designed to eliminate the effect of high frequency noise and harmonics by setting the frequency selector switch at the 50 6...

Page 3: ...gnal from 40 1KHZ is measured 5 Data Hold Button once this button is pushed reading shall be held on the LCD Press again to release it 6 Max Min Hold Button This button is used to enable the maximum or minimum value to be displayed and updated during measurement Press once minimum value shall be displayed and updated press again maximum value shall be displayed and updated Press again the third pu...

Page 4: ...ion 11 Data Hold Symbol Once the hold button is pressed this symbol appears on LCD 12 Bargraph Bargraph has forty segments It displays segments proportional to the actual reading Each segment represent one count 13 Max Min Hold symbol Once the Max Min button is pressed either MAX or MIN shall be displayed on LCD 14 Continuity Symbol If ohm and continuity function is selected this symbol shall appe...

Page 5: ...ation Instructions A AC Leakage Current Measurements 1 Leakage current Flowing into Ground conductor WARNING Make sure that all the test leads are disconnected from the meter s terminals for current measurement ...

Page 6: ... at desired range b Press the trigger to open the jaw and fully encloes the wire goes to the ground Make sure the two half jaws are properly closed c Read the measured value from the LCD display 2 Out of Balance Leakage current ...

Page 7: ...rmonics superimposed on the fundamental frequency To eliminate the effect of high frequency noise a low pass filter is designed to filter out high frequency signal To enable the filter set the switch at the 50 60 position The filter s cut off frequency is set at 100Hz with an attenuation characteristic of approx 24dB octave Wide position If the circuit under test is originated from a high frequenc...

Page 8: ...nclose only one wire No air gap is allowed between the two half jaws c Read the measured value from the LCD display C AC Voltage Measurements WARNING Maximum input for DC V is 600 and for AC V is 600 Do not attempt to take any voltage measurement that exceeds the limits Exceeding the limits could cause electrical shock and damage to the clamp meter ...

Page 9: ... pushed the current reading is set to zero and a zero symbol shall be displayed on LCD All the subsequent measurement shall be displayed as a relative value with respect to the value being zeroed press the zero button for 2 seconds to return to normal mode F Holding the LCD Reading Press the HOLD button then the reading shall be hold and kept on LCD G Finding the MAX MIN Value Press the MAX MIN bu...

Page 10: ... 100mA 2 5 1 0A 3 0 1 5A 80 100A 1 100mA 5 0 1 0A 5 0 1 5A 1 Though the meter can display up to 400A it is not calibrated beyond 100A AC Voltage input impedance 10MΩ Overload protection Range Resolution 50 60Hz 40 1KHz 400V 0 1V 1 5 2dgts 2 0 4dgts AC 600V Resistance Ω and continuity open voltage 0 4V Range Resolution Accuracy Beeping OL Protection 40 400Ω 0 1Ω 1 0 2dgts 38 0Ω AC 600V Conductor si...

Page 11: ...rrying bag 1 Users manual 1 9V NEDA 1604 1 V Battery Replacement When the low battery symbol is displayed on the LCD replace the old batteries with two new batteries A Turn the power off and remove the test leads from the clamp meter B Remove the screw of the battery compartment C Slide off the battery compartment D Remove the old batteries E Insert one 9V NEDA 1604 or G6F22 batteries F Replace th...

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