Power Quality Testing

Power quality is a comprehensive term that includes a variety of issues, such as electrical power interruption or fluctuation. Unlike a power outage or blink which can (add "be") observed with your eyes, a power quality issue typically isn’t an observable event.  There may be other power fluctuations such as surges, spikes, swells, or sags, that you don’t see. These power fluctuations may be as a result of internal equipment operation (motors/inductive loads/faulty wiring/VFD’s) in the building or from external sources (lightning/neighbor’s loads/tree branches in the distribution lines, etc.).

PPCS works hard to maintain our distribution system and provide reliable to our members.  There are many factors that affect the power that enters your home or business that are out of our control. PPCS offers these services to assist you in identifying and addressing any problems:

• Residential and commercial site assessment
• Site monitoring with state-of-the-art power quality recorders to help in identifying any problems
• Recommendations for mitigation options
• Surge protection devices –
  • Meter socket
  • Plug in devices
  • Electrical panel protection

Contact us for more information.