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Understanding IEC61000 for Harmonics Compliance

IEC61000 applies for loads < 16A. It is a standard to : 1) Classify the Loads 2) Set max permissible
limits of harmonics for each type of classication

voltage

c
time
Full wave rectier stage waveforms;
a. Input voltage b. Output voltage c. input current

SPEA-1
Single Phase Energy Analyzer

SPEA-1 lets you view and analyse the harmonics

Harmonic
Analysis

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HARMONICS STANDARDS
OF DIFFERENT EQUIPMENTS
(according to IEC61000)
There are four classes of equipments
Class A: Balanced three phase equipments
Household appliances, excluding equipment
identied by class D
Tools excluding portable tools
Dimmers for incandescent lamps
Audio equipments
Everything else that is not classied as B, C, or D

Harmonic Table:
Harmonic order(n)

Maximum Permissible
Harmonic current (A)

Odd Harmonics
3
5
7
9
11
13

2.30
1.1
0.77
0.40
0.33
0.21

15<n<39

15
0.15 n
Even Harmonics

2
4
6
8<n<40

1.08
0.43
0.30
8
0.23
n

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Class B:

Portable tools
Arc welding equipments which is not
professional equipments

Class C:

Lighting equipments

Harmonic Table:

Harmonic order(n)

Maximum Permissible
Harmonics current Expressed
as a Percentage of the Input
Current at the Fundamental
Frequency (%)

Odd Harmonics only

2
3
5
7
9
11<n<39
*

2
30x *
10
7
5
3

is the circuit power factor

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Class D:

Personal computer and monitors

Television receivers
Note: Equipment must have power level
75 W up to and not exceeding 600 W

Harmonic Table:

Harmonic order (n)

Maximum
permissible
Harmonic Current
per Watt (mA/W)

Maximum
Permissible
Harmonic Current
(A)

3.4
1.9
1.0
0.5
0.35
3.85

2.30
1.14
0.77
0.40
0.33
see table 1

3
5
7
9
11
13<n<39

TESTING EXAMPLE
Testing of 4W LED bulb by using SPEA-1

After simple source load connection you can show the following results:
Vrms- 222.1 volts
Arms- 23.37 mA
Watt- 3.825Watt
Complete harmonic table can be downloaded

VTHD- 4.0%
ATHD- 51.2%
V3rd harmonic value- 6.329Volts
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HARMONIC REPORT GENERATION

Spectrum
Button

For report generation just press

button and wait for about
30 seconds to load upto 55th
harmonic. than click on graph
icon in software

HARMONIC REPORTS

The User friendly software allows you to generate reports you can use to
directly check conrmation to the IEC61000 standards
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