Hi, welcome to a product tutorial and review by Robojax. in this video we are
going to do the test and review of this PZEM-061 AC power meter
that can work with any voltage around the world from 80 to 260V .and
are going to see if it can measures active power or reactive power
or maybe both and also we will connect a capacitor in parallel with the load to
see the effect of reactive power with with this device we are going to see how
we can use this AC power meter to measure the power of appliances and easy
loads this is the model zero one six which can display the current of power
the amount of energy has been consumed. in this video first we'll have a look at
the specification and total power that this device can offer. after that I'm
going to show you how you can prepare the wire for current measurement and
power measurement and then I'm going to test two or three different devices to
see how much power and cuerrent they consume. then I'm gonna show you how we
can set up the alarm let's get started with this.
my name is Ahmad Shamshiri and I am presenting this tutorial from Canada.
when I purchased the package this is how it arrived. and since this package is for
multiple items for DC this is zero one six and this is Current Transformer
instruction and English wiring diagram dimensions and also instruction in
Chinese. so we have the mean current sensor (CT) and then the actual device have
good instruction in here. the specification for this PZEM-061
is shown here so the operating voltage is between 80 to 260 volts ac meaning
that it can work anywhere in the world the rated power is 100 ampere or 22 to
the watt the frequency that it can work is 45 to 65 in North America USA Canada
and Mexico is 60 Hertz in Asia and Europe is 50 Hertz and the major
accuracy is 1 grid which is ambiguous so maybe it's one digit. the outer panel
width is 89.4mm millimeter the outer panel width is
49.5 millimeters it has some edge and the inner width is
44.4 millimeter. it's sold on eBay for around ten dollars this
is the item and eBay they're selling different model this is the model that I
purchased it's around ten dollars no affiliation with this store so you can
buy any form anybody else that you wish. how it works is that the
current that passes through each wire will create a magnetic field and the
amount of current determines the intensity of magnetic field and so when
the wire passes here the magnetic fields of that will be induced on this winding
and this device yes this is the finding that that work well transformer
with the two wires come here this will measure it. in order for this to function
and also to display the power properly and calculated you need to connect these
two wires to AC so whatever you have you will connect it to the AC. it's very
simple I'm gonna show you how to connect that. this is the voltage on the line and
when you connect a load also you will read the current and the power related.
which means voltage multiplied by current will be displayed here so this
is the product of these two value and this is the total energy that has been
consumed or measured by this device. and it has also a backlight that at night or
any dark condition it can be viewed. this can measure the power up to 22 kilo watt
or 200 ampere this meter can measure up 100 ampere or 22 kilowatt depending on
the voltage and the region that you are so whichever comes if it's 22 kilowatt
and the current is less it can measure up to 22 kilowatts but if 100A
amperes comes comes first it will not reach for example in Canada if we have
100 ampere hundred times this would be 12 kilowatt so in Canada this can
measure up to 12 kilowatt maximum but if you are in a region that has 220 volts
and you will have this hundred so if you put it it will reach up to 22 kilowatt
Wiring explained
on the current informal CT I soldered and put heat shrink for these two wires without
this pin header but this can be inserted easily in here and also have prepared
this female GST connector with these two pens this will be used to connect to AC
power. so I'm going to connect it and these two pins here. and current
transformer will be connected in here the current transformer is connected in
here. at these two pins and these two wires have been connected here so this
can be connected to the AC I have this wire this will be connected to the
outlet and this will be connected to the load at this point I've disconnected it
and this is joined at this section I just put a 3.5 millimeter bullet
connector I can insert this current transformer here and connect it and
because the current is is passing that way in here I have two other connectors
these are jst connectors then the GST connector that I've prepared on the
meter will be connected here to get the actual voltage and for the capacitor
I've prepared this wire this will be connected to the power and this will be
connected to this capacitor I have here it says common one of the wire will be
connected to common one of the wire will be connected to herm this is 35 micro
farad and this side is for the fan five micro farad. in order to see the
maximum effect I'm going to use this HERM it will be connected and then I
will connect this into this cable that I have to this power meter like this so
the power meter is connected through JST connectors to this AC line.
Demonstration of measuring power
I'll try to measure different devices power this is a toaster rated at 800 we
are in Canada and the voltage is 120 volts so we are going to measure the
power of this and other devices and then I will pass this wire through this
current transformer and plug in this see this to the power. and as you can see v
turned ON. no load is connected. this is my load and this is the plaque for this
load I will connect it but still it needs another switch to turn it ON. When load is not ON
it shows 0.4 watt or 0.05 point 5 ampere .now I will turn the load
on and as you will see here and it shows 792 Watts. you can see is heating up so
that's 6.95 ampere. now this is off as shows 0.5 watt was
between full watt I'm connecting this capacitor the 35 micro farad capacitor
so this is just a capacitive load and it shows here 1.7 ampere but it shows 1.8
what this is a reactive load if you multiply current by the voltage 1.7x123=209.1
times 123 you're supposed to be getting 209 reactive power and because this is
not showing reactive power issue it shows 1.8 what and as you remember it
was showing 0.5 watt so it's 1.3 what out of 200 what it shows so that's very
minimal. now let's turn this ON and see the effect of that the capacitor is
connected I am connecting the toaster
now the tool is connected let's turn it on
796 this is exactly the same as before with addition of maybe 1% now let me
disconnect this capacitor so we are reading 792 or 93
it's now 91 so that 1% or less than even a 1% it was added so this
is pretty good device. it measures real power not
reactive power. now this capacitor has stored energy if I touch this I might
get a shock so let's just discharge it and it's now discharged. so the wire that
you use must be able to handle and there should not be much drop. Let's measure
the power of this Panasonic cloth iron. this is labeled at 1200 watt 120 volts
now connecting it so 1150 what 10 ampere. well this is a heat gun which has a
motive capacitive load and also it has a heat element which is resistive load
this is combination of both let's have this as you can see without any load it
shows 0.5 watt or 0.05 ampere as well I'm connecting it without the capacitor
or anything this has two modes LOW and HIGH I'm gonna put it on HIGH
so 11.7 or 11.69 1300 watts
1366. now I'm going to turn this ON. and while it's ON I'm gonna connect this
capacitor this is a plug for the capacitor. 1.364
they jump to 1.37
when we disconnect it
1371 or 1372
that this is just showed 73 or 74 now if I go there. let's go with the low-power
this is mostly heating elements the 94 was clogged and the capacitor
without capacitor 53.4Wh. Power reduced by 43.5%
it is reducing the power because this is correcting the inductive load.
now 2.3A to point 3 ampere with a capacitor . Without the capacitor is reduced
by the power is increased.
let's now discharging capacitor.
Other features
this is amount of energy that has been assured and the device is memorizing it.
let's say you want to reset it and make it zero and start a new calculation so
use a screwdriver press and hold until this start flashing. when this flashes just
short press and it would be zero. I just perfect one more time the backlight can
be turned on and off if you want to turn it off just press this is to be off and
press it again it will be ON. this meter can trigger an alarm when the amount of
energy that is used is above the threshold limits let's say you want to
set this for 1100 watt and when the power that is measured is above that
1100 it will trigger the alarm so let's set it for example for 1000 press and
hold this for some time and then as soon as you see CRL release now this is
blinking it goes to the next
when you see :SET Clr release the push button
as you see crl release now the is blinking it goes to the next one and it
comes back so after nine it is zero
because this is kilowatt so one point one I want to set it at one point one
now it's one one point one kilowatt. now hold this for five seconds and it
will exit.
so now we have set this if the power is above 1100 watt
we will see that the alarm will turn on. I've connected this toaster which is
below 1 kilowatt we will measure that one first 740 what no alarm are nothing.
now I'm going to change it to higher curtain I've connected now the heat gun
the lower power we will see first it's about 90 watt if I go about this
this is the alarm. the alarm started it was just blinking. thank you for watching this was
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