PS Audio PerfectWave Power Plant 5 Owner Reference Manual - page 8
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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
Reading input & output “vitals” and status information
Upon selecting SCOPE the user will first
see an oscilloscopic representation of
the incoming AC waveform. The image
to your left is a visual interpretation of the
AC’s frequency and distortion, thereby
denoting the quality of the power in the
home. This is what your components
would be receiving if not for the Power
Plant 5. Often times the incoming
waveform will exhibit a truncated, or
chopped-off peak.
By touching the Right arrow, we move
to the second screen which displays, instead, the output AC waveform. The user will notice a
smoother, perfectly formed, symmetrical sine wave. These are the corrections that the Power Plant
5 is making to the AC signal. A clipped, distorted or asymmetrical sine wave implies harmonic
distortion which lessens the quality of musical playback and weakens the performance of your
system. By completely eliminating the original AC signal and applying a reference sine wave (using a
sine wave generator) the Power Plant 5 literally rebuilds the AC to a nearly perfect signal.
By pressing the Right arrow a second time, the Power Plant 5 will display the incoming vs. outgoing
sine wave differential. This is essentially a closer look at the difference the Power Plant 5 is making
in your AC power. Everything you see on this screen is what the P5 is getting rid of.
By pressing the Right arrow a final time you will find the STATUS screen. Here measurements are
available for voltage input, voltage output, THD input, THD output, power output (in wattage), load
percentage (of the maximum continuous output), current (in amps), and frequency (in Hz). THD
stands for Total Harmonic Distortion, and is a numerical representation of the two sine waves seen
on the first two screens. Reduction in THD from input to output will vary, but typically the Power
Plant 5 will reduce THD by anywhere between a factor of two and a factor of ten.
At any time while in the SCOPE menu,
the Home button can be pressed to
return to the HOME SCREEN.
SCOPE
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