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Testing for Dirty Electrical Power

Hi,

Is there any suggestion on a device that can test for Dirty Electrical Power?

One that I have come across is the, "Greenwave Broadband EMI Dirty Electricity Meter" on amazon.

I wanted to see (if it's really even possible) how my electricity is doing and then using the same device on my power strip (Isotek Evo 3 Sirius) to see if there is any change or if I end up getting any other type power filtration in the future, I would want to see how much better or worse that is making everything, besides just audible differences.

If my thinking is incorrect, please let me know.

I'm just curious to see if a device could tell me.

Thanks

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rfauto
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Hi all. I tried this just after Christmas. I purchased a EMI line tester. It turns out I have very clean power, on average 16 mVpp. After doing some research I purchased a AudioQuest Niagara 1200 Power Conditioner hoping I could get any noise to zero. My experience with the Niagara was that it made no EMI difference on the high power outlets and actually created EMI noise on the source component outlets. It seems like with power conditioners there’s a lot of claims made about their performance and not a lot of data to support the claims. 

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dinov
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@rlj i have 5 noise harvesters. Some bling rapidly others do not. It’s probably because whatever’s on the same circuit is making the noise. Fridges, dimmer lights, etc. I’m not sure if they actually work that well but I also have shunyata power conditioners. I guess I my have to invest in one of these detectors to see. 

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badhippie
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Can’t you use an O/Scope to look for noise in the circuit 

you should be able to see the noise on the wave form 

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ditusa
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@rfauto Wrote:

 My experience with the Niagara was that it made no EMI difference on the high power outlets and actually created EMI noise on the source component outlets. It seems like with power conditioners there’s a lot of claims made about their performance and not a lot of data to support the claims. 

I agree!

Mike

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jay73 OP
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Thanks for all the positive feedback and suggestions.

I was initially afraid I was asking a dumb question but glad to see all the comments.

What started this in my mind was looking at video's on the Puritan PSM156 and all the rave reviews it seems to be getting.

I started to wonder if my Isotek is doing a good job already and if there is anyway I can verify how good a job it maybe doing besides just listening to the system.

And that's when I started looking for devices that could potentially provide me a before and after affect of my Isotek, I know it may not be that simple as there are many variables for each situation.

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