High Frequency/High Field EMDEX II Specifications

Enertech Consultants Campbell, California

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High Frequency/High Field EMDEX II Hardware Specifications

Overall Dimensions Weight (without battery) Operating Temperature Operating Humidity Power Operational Modes 6.6" x 2.6" x 1.5" (16.8 x 6.6 x 3.8 cm) 10 ounces (784 g) 32-140F (0 - 60C) 0-95% 9-volt alkaline or lithium battery Normal (sample data stored in memory) Survey (Display data values only) Data Types Magnetic Field RMS resultant Broadband Magnetic Field RMS resultant Harmonic Equivalent Electric Field RMS Current On-board Computer Memory A/D Resolution Sampling Intervals Tattletale Model V with 5X1 expansion 156 Kb CMOS-RAM (512 Kb Memory Expansion Available) 0.1% at full scale (10 bit resolution) Maximum 1 sample per 1.5 seconds Minimum - 1 sample per 327 seconds Sensors AUX Jack REMOTE Jack Three (3) orthogonally oriented magnetic field sensor coils Designed to accept a signal from an external electric field or other special sensor. Maximum input current: 0.99 mA Designed to send a low-to-high transition to the signal counter of the Model V computer when the input resistance raises from below 100 to above 1000. Broadband: 40-3000 Hz Harmonic: 100-3000 Hz

Frequency Bandwidth

Frequency Response

Broadband : Total variation of 30% over entire range Harmonic : 100 Hz: +10% to -45% 120 Hz: +25% to -30% 150 Hz: +25% to -0% 180 - 3000 Hz: +25% to -25%

Low Frequency Field Rejection Total Harmonic Distortion Measurement Accuracy @ calibration frequency 50/60 Hz Measurement Method

10 Hz signal: Greater than 1000 to 1 2 Hz signal: Greater than 106 to 1 Measurements of THD down to 3% distortion Typical Accuracy 2%

True RMS Measurement (with Crest Factor) Crest Factor Error : Crest Factor 2:1 Additional 2% Crest Factor 3:1 Additional 5% Note: The Crest Factor of a periodic signal is the ratio of its crest (peak, maximum) to its root-mean-square (RMS) value.

Temperature Errors

Readings will vary no more than 2% per 10C change of temperature in the range of 0C to 50C.

High Frequency/High Field EMDEX II Magnetic Field Range

Scale Range (mG) Resolution (mG)
1

0 4 - 440 4.01

1 322 - 7,120 8.0

2 5,120 - 120,000 128

For range 0, the resolution is 0.5 mG but values are rounded to the nearest multiple of 4 mG.

High Frequency/High Field EMDEX II Electric Field Range

Scale Full Scale (A) Resolution (A) 0 0.0000 - 0.0870 0.0003 1 0.056 - 1.390 0.048 2 0.896 - 19.66 0.768

Electric field ranges are given in microamps (A) of injected 60 Hz current. Each electric field sensor will have a calibration constant in A per 1 kV/m electric field. For example, the 60 Hz E-Probe has a constant of 0.0001493 A/V/m.

EMDEX II Frequency Response

Frequency response is defined as the change in response of the EMDEX II to signals of different frequencies. Frequency response can be thought of as the sensitivity of the meter to signals within a certain frequency range. The EMDEX II is calibrated to measure 60 or 50 Hz electric and magnetic fields using two software selectable frequency bands: Broadband ranging from 40-800 Hz, and Harmonic, which is sensitive to 100-800 Hz fields. The strongest power frequency magnetic and electric fields are typically at the main transmission frequency of 50 or 60 Hz (called the fundamental). Harmonic signals can occur at integral multiples of the fundamental. For example, a fundamental at 60 Hz has harmonics at 120 Hz, 180 Hz, 240 Hz, and so on. A field with strong harmonic components will show strengths in the harmonic band almost as high as broadband. If the fundamental frequency is predominant, the harmonic band will have low readings relative to the broadband. The 50 or 60 Hz fundamental is not directly measured by the EMDEX II but is calculated from the harmonic and broadband measurements. If a field is dominated by harmonic frequencies, the value calculated for the fundamental frequency by EMCALC may be in error by a significant amount. See Appendix A in the EMCALC 2000 User Manual, for a detailed discussion of the Fundamental Calculation Check.

High Frequency/High Field EMDEX II Broadband Frequency Response (40 - 3000 Hz)
Magnetic fields in the frequency band from 40-3000 Hz measure within 30% of the fundamental frequency fields (50 or 60 Hz). Frequencies below 40 Hz are strongly attenuated and frequencies above 1000 Hz are attenuated proportional to the frequency (see figure below).

High Frequency/High Field Emdex II

1.4 Normalized Magnetic Flux Density 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 10 100 Frequency (Hz) 1000 10000