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| PowerScout Press
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February 18, 2009
(Also see the December 2011 PowerScout 3+ Release)
 DENT Instruments Launches New PowerScout™ Series of
Networked Power Meters for Commercial, Retail and Industrial Submetering
Applications
(DENT
Instruments, Bend, OR) – DENT Instruments, a global leader in the design
and manufacture of power and energy measurement instruments, announced the
introduction of the
PowerScout™ Series of networked power meters.
The PowerScout™ was developed to be the front-end metering
‘engine’ in energy management and building automation and control
systems. It provides accurate and timely energy consumption data that is the
foundation for efficient energy management.
Chris Dent, President of
DENT Instruments said, “These new permanent mount meters can capture
real-time kW/kWh demand data as well as virtually all relevant energy variables
for diagnostics and monitoring on three-phase and single-phase circuit
installations. The PowerScout’s™ flexibility, size, and ease-of-use
make them ideal tools for gathering detailed energy consumption and efficiency
information.”
The
PowerScout™ 18 is a multi-circuit (CT) version
that allows it to be configured for monitoring multiple electrical circuits
sharing a common voltage source, or for current only monitoring of branch
circuits. The PS 18 is well suited for data center monitoring, tenant
sub-metering, and for accountability metering in commercial, retail, and
industrial facilities.
The
PowerScout™ requires no external power and can
accommodate service voltages ranging from 60-600V. DENT’s patented
PhaseChek™ circuitry includes a 3 LED indicator display that confirms
proper CT to phase installation – greatly reducing set-up time. Data
updates occur every 0.5 sec, and instrument accuracy is better than 1%. The
communications interface to the PowerScout™ is through an RS422/485 serial
connection using the industry standard Modbus protocol.
DENT
Instruments is a leading supplier of an array of precision measurement
instrumentation and analytical software in the field of energy management.
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