User's Manual

Getting Started

P5205 Instructi on Manual

Functional Check

To make a simple functional check of the P5205 probe, select a

source that supplies AC line voltage and use the following

procedure. This procedure verifies a majority of the circuitry within

the probe. For a complete performance verification, refer to the

Performance Verification section starting on page 27.

1. Use the installation procedure starting on page 6 to connect the

output of the P5205 probe to a measurem ent instrument.

2. Connect the inputs, set the range, and perform the check as each

line of Table 1, below, indicates.

Table 1: Functional check

Input 1

(+ or --)

Input 2

(-- or +) Mode

Range

setting Check

Hot Ground or

Neutral

Differential 500X

(out)

Measurement instrument

displays or indicates the line

voltage

50X

(in)

Overrange indicator lights if

the input is 150 Vp

Hot (same

connection)

Common

Mode

50X or 500X No signal

This c ompletes the functional check procedure.