Astro-Med portable data recorders are hard at work monitoring power quality, power distribution and other power related data. Applications for Astro-Med data recorders include:

• Nuclear facility rod drop testing
• Generator start-up testing
• Monitoring voltages, currents and frequency of distributed power
• Troubleshooting electrical controls
• Relay bank troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting of UPS systems

Data recorders used in these applications include:

Dash 8XPM 8 channel data recorder/power monitor
Dash 18X 18-channel data recorder
Dash 8Xe 8-channel data recorder
Dash 8HF 8-channel, high frequency data recorder
Dash 20HF 20-channel, high frequency data recorder
Dash 32HF 32-channel, high frequency data recorder

Power industry customers for these systems include power companies such as Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy, EdiPower, British Energy Generation Ltd and STEAG ; UPS manufacturers such as American Power Conversion, Danaher Power Solutions and Liebert; power plants owned by companies such as Dominion Generation, Entergy Nuclear Northeast, Exelon Nuclear and Hydro-Québec; and commercial companies such as Aetna Insurance, Micron Technologies and Caterpillar.