PS Audio Power Plant P300 Operation Manual - page 4
Isolated Ground Post
Using an isolated ground wire provides
greater flexability with system grounding
options. Before attaching the isolated ground
wire to the grounding post on the P300 the
internal ground wire must be disconnected.
Place the P300 on its upsidedown so the
underside is exposed. Remove the bottom
cover of the P300 and set it to the side. Be
cautious of the wires which are connected
to the bottom cover. Locate the green cable
which runs from the rear outlets to the main
cirucit board. Disconnect the 2 halves of the
white in-line connecter on the green cable.
The P300's circuitry will still be grounded via
the input power cable. This operation will
only disconnect the ground to the rear panel
Power Ports.
Replace the bottom cover and screws. Now
attach the isolated ground wire to the post.
All products powered by the power plant
will use this ground instead of the ground
supplied in the wall outlet.
Front Panel Controls
There are four buttons on the front panel of
the Power Plant P300.
1. Power
2. Mode
3. Frequency Down
4. Frequency Up
Power On/Off
The power button will activate the front panel
display and provide power to the outlets.
Mode
The Mode button cycles through the
available display modes.
Frequency
The Frequency Up and Frequency Down
buttons cycle through the available options
within each display mode.
Power Plant Operation
There are five available display modes on
the front panel of the Power Plant. The
Mode button will cycle through the following
five modes:
1. Waveform setting
2. Frequency generated (sin mode only)
3. Voltage produced
4. Wattage produced
5. Display blanking mode
6. Clean Sweep
Waveform setting
This mode will display the name of the
waveform presently being generated.
For more information about each of the
MultiWave settings, see the MultiWave II+
Waveforms section of the manual.
Frequency generated
The frequency setting will only be displayed
if the Waveform menu is set to Sin.
This mode will display the frequency the
Power Plant is generating. The frequency
can be adjusted in 1 hertz increments from
50Hz to 120Hz by using the Up and Down
buttons. The default setting is 60Hz.
New with MultiWave II+ is the ability to fine
tune the frequency which is particularly
useful with turntables.
Frequency Fine Tuning
1) After selecting the desired frequency,
press the Mode Button. This will take you to
the frequency fine tuning menu.
2) You can go up or down in 0.125Hz steps
up to a full +/- 1hz of range. The display will
read -8 to 0 to 8. Each step is 0.125Hz.
3) If you change the main frequency, the fine
tuning value will be cleared.
Voltage produced
This mode will display the output voltage of
the Power Plant. Note: the voltage figure
will be flashing. The output voltage can
be adjusted in 1 volt increments by using
the Frequency Up and Down buttons. The
range varies depending on the Power Plant
model:
• 100 volt model ranges from 95 - 105 v.
Default setting is 100 volts.
• 115 volt model ranges from 100 - 120 v.
Default setting is 117 volts.
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• 230 volt model ranges from 220 - 240 v.
Default setting is 220 volts.
(adjustments in 2 volt increments)
As long as the voltage to the Power Plant
does not deviate more than 10% below
normal it will continue to output the voltage
displayed on the front panel.
Wattage produced
This mode will display, in real-time, the
approximate wattage the Power Plant is
generating. Complex loads may not register
accurately on the Power Plant's meter. For
true power consumption figures consult the
owners manual of the connected product.
Under normal operation a green LED will
illuminate. A yellow LED will indicate a
heavy load and is not recommeded for
continous operation. A red LED indicates an
overload or fault mode.
Display Blanking
This mode allows discrete operation by
blanking the display. The PS logo will
continue to illuminate in blue to indicate that
the unit is operational.
Clean Sweep
Clean Sweep is a revolutionary new feature
of the Power Plant that, in effect, cleans
and demagnetizes the power supplies and
power cables of all connected equipment.
We recommend running this feature before
every serious listening session. There is a
60 second Clean Sweep mode, which is to
be used for initial cleaning before listening.
There is a Quick Sweep mode that will clean
for 5 seconds and is designed for use as a
touch up cleaning action when needed.
1) Press the Mode Button until the word Cln
appears on the display.
2) For a full system cleaning process (60
seconds), press the frequency down button.
3) For a quick clean (5 seconds), press the
frequency up button.
4) The cleaning process is complete once
the countdown stops and the world Cln is
displayed on the display.
Notice of MultiWave II+ operation:
Any turntable or equipment with AC
synchronous motors, such as some cooling
fans should not be used with MultiWave
patterns. This type of equipment must be
used with 60Hz sin mode.
We recommend the use of the SineWave
[sin], or TubeWave™ [tub] with any type of
tube based audio products.
MultiWave II+ Waveforms
[sin] SineWave
In the sine wave mode the Power Plant will
generate a perfect sine wave (50-120Hz).
[tub] TubeWave
TubeWave is specifically designed to opti-
mize the performance of tube based audio
products.
TubeWave uses the same pseudorandom
generation of frequencies as MultiWave2
waveform, however it utilizes more “tube-
friendly” frequencies.
[P-1] MultiWave1
MultiWave1 is a single 60Hz sine wave
with a minute amount of 3rd Harmonic
sine waves mixed together to form a
single partial square MultiWave. This is an
improved version of PS2 from the original
MultiWave™ series.
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