Announcement from Power Standards Lab

Date: 12 January 2003

Contact:
	Alex McEachern
	President
	Power Standards Lab
	++1-510-658-9600
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	e-mail: Alex@PowerStandards.com
	http://www.PowerStandards.com


Head: Lab increases current capacity to 1000 amps

Power Standards Lab of Emeryville, California announced that it has increased its laboratory
power capacity. The lab now has installed a programmable AC source that can produce up to 
1000 amps (1 kiloamp) at any frequency from 45 Hz to 450 Hz.

Alex McEachern, the President of Power Standards Lab, says the new AC source will
be used to test switching technology in upcoming voltage disturbance generators.  These disturbance generators 
intentionally create poor power quality for testing large industrial systems.

In other upgrades, the lab is now equipped with a semiconductor-fab-like water-cooling system for testing high 
power RF generators and plasma sources.  Precision measuring accessories, including as a pair of 
precision Leeds & Northrup 0.001 ohm 500-amp shunt resistors, have been acquired and integrated
into the lab's test capabilities. And the lab now performs
ultra-precise NIST-traceable calibrations on all of its equipment with a new Fluke-supplied 
calibration system. 

Power Standards Lab is the world leader in voltage sag immunity testing, a process that makes
sensitive electronic systems more rugged, and more tolerant of the poor quality power found
throughout the world.

For more information,  see http://PowerStandards.com/SagGen.htm

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