PS Audio PerfectWave Power Plant 5 Owner's Reference Manual - page 9
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Quick Start Guide 5
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Quick Start Guide
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Owner’s Reference
PerfectWave Power Plant 5
Reading input & output “vitals” and status information
Upon selecting SCOPE the user will
first see an oscilloscopic representation
of the incoming AC waveform. This
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 sinewave. These are the corrections that the Power
Plant 5 is making to the AC signal. A clipped, distorted or asymmetrical sinewave 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
sinewave (using a sinewave 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 sinewave 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 sinewaves
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 press to return
to the HOME SCREEN.
SCOPE