I do not have control of who will read this product review, it might be youth? It might be people with technical background but inexperienced? And or could be engineers who have certifications along professional test equipment?
Either way I have a message for the ambitious them thinking to act as PSU products reviewers (testers).
The planet of electrical test and measurement, that is the source of test equipment of all sorts, this is defined and knows to experts as I am, and this is a market place too.
The sector for AC power measurement and or about power analysis’s, this is the most hostile speaking of equipment retail prices.
Any brand producing such equipment, they expect professional test lab as customers and they will provide equipment along training, along annual calibration services for their equipment.
The idea is the factory and producer of such test equipment to gain a permanent customer.
Another path to follow for power analysis, this is the use of very expensive Oscilloscope and of several High-End probes for voltage and current, and due the measurement of COS F (Phase shift / difference), we are coming close to own an partially accurate test system.
Both paths at 2023 will demand a financial cost of 30.000 Euro as minimum.
In the world of Oscilloscopes, all 8 bit scopes they are not noise-free enough, for power measurements at low AC current.
Basic accuracy of Oscilloscopes and of probes, this is another challenge, if you are aiming to compete with measurements presented at 80 PLUS certificates.
The Japanese industries were forced first to manufacture such special Low-noise current clamp probes, and single probe pricing this is today at several thousands of Euros.
The European industries still produce the medium in performance special Low-noise current clamp probes, and the best comes at pricing point this be close to 500 EUR, special design for power analysis.
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At my attempt to use my oscilloscope as professional power analysis tool, I did discover the entire pack of challenges at current waveform review and Phase shift measurement when special AC/DC clamp probes are used.
Quality probes compatible for power analysis with BNC connector they do not grow over trees.
These are upper-class advanced engineering and when the source this is European technology, then this is even better.
I wish to thanks PICO Technology UK, for the sponsored sample of TA189 AC/DC oscilloscope current probe !!TA189 under the hood, this is work of (UK based) subsidiary company of GM Germany (R&D and production year 2010).
In summary: TA189 this is developed due power analysis specialist.
It has also won a place at automotive diagnosis as current leakage probe due it superior noise rejection for power electronics applications.
PICO Technology UK this is 12 bit USB oscilloscopes developer.
And today I do feel extremely proud, for the privilege to be the first reviewer worldwide of this superior European probe.
I might enjoy it at full potential if its Gods will to get in my hands a true upper class of 12 bit Oscilloscope in the future.
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Final thoughts, the pricing sum of SeaSonic incoming test samples = 600EUR retail, the pricing of single probe for current measurements = 500 EUR.
It is essential for us professionals, to perform investment calculations even for the thought us to purchase electrical test and measurement instruments.
My verdict, if you do not have a customer paying you for the production of electrical test reports, then you do not organize such a sophisticated test lab.
There is no medium price point so to organize a sophisticated test lab.
But for us experts of electrical measurements, we are able to come closer to measuring perfection, by combining ingenuity and expertise, along manual math calculations, but the test results has value only for us alone.
When a fully automated measuring system this comes at high price, the next path this is using a few of your own brain cells if you do have any.