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Quick Start Guide
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Owner’s Reference
PerfectWave Power Plant 5
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Quick Start Guide
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Rev B
The original MultiWave function on P5 and P10 Power Plants is the same as Variable MultiWave
strength level four. Strength levels one through three are lower strength waves while strength levels
five and six are the highest strength levels of MultiWave ever offered.
Try different MultiWave strength levels to suit your system's needs for best sound.
Considerations: Variable MultiWave strength levels five and six require more energy to be delivered
from the regenerator in the Power Plant than the present single MultiWave selection does. If your
Power Plant is already close to maximum power output or is working hard to make up for low input
voltage, you may notice an increase in output distortion of the Power Plant when using Variable
MultiWave setting five and six. It is recommended, in these cases, to stay with Variable MultiWave
strength four or below to help maintain low output distortion to your equipment.
Phase Tune: Phase tune adjusts the time relationship (phase) between the incoming voltage
waveform and the regenerated waveform. There are a few places that have unusual distortion which
includes a very substantial time lag (phase shift) relative to the fundamental. In these situations the
default setting of the Power Plant didn't perform as well as it could. 99% of the time, the default
setting (0) is appropriate and no adjustment is necessary. If your Power Plant is consistently
delivering less than 0.5% distortion (THD) in Sine mode, you should not need to make any
adjustments. Below are the conditions under which you might want to adjust this setting:
1) Your power from the utility has extremely high distortion, over about 8%.
2) Your power from the utility is typically more than 10V (15V for 230V models) away from
your desired output setting.
3) Your Power Plant is not able to reduce the incoming distortion by a factor of 10.
In other words, if your THD In reading is 8.0%, and your THD Out is 0.5%, your Power Plant is
performing well. If your THD Out reading is 1.0% you may benefit from adjusting the Phase Tune.
Please keep in mind that the Power Plant is correcting both THD and voltage errors. If your incoming
voltage is within a few volts of the output setting, your Power Plant will be able to devote most of
its capability to correcting the distortion. If the voltage is 10 volts or more away from the setting, the
Power Plant is not going to be able to correct the THD as well. So if your utility voltage is more than
10V off, and you are seeing your THD reduced by only a factor of 5, this is probably normal.
The procedure for setting the Phase Tune is simple. Experiment with different Phase Tune settings
and see what setting gives you the lowest output THD reading. The optimum setting depends on
how much distortion is on your power
and what it looks like. Unfortunately
there is no way to predict what it will be.
Setting Individual Zone Parameters: Each
of the four Zones (labeled A, B, C, and
D) can be independently controlled for
sequenced power-cycling combinations.
Screen #2, #3, #4, and #5: INDIVIDUAL
ZONE PARAMETERS — By touching the
Next screen from the GENERAL SETUP
menu, one will enter the controlling
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