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Switch Applications
with the 740 Series DPCs
Application Note
The Fluke 740 Series
Documenting Process
Calibrators (DPCs) offer many
new capabilities. Perhaps the
most significant new feature
is a built-in test routine for
the testing of limit switches.
This note discusses the
application of limit switches
and their calibration using
the 740 Series DPCs.
Limit switches
A limit switch is a device that
can sense a process or environmental parameter such as temperature or pressure and close
a switch contact or change an
electrical parameter based on a
measurement of that parameter
versus the limit switchs
setpoint.
A simple example of a limit
switch is the thermostat on the
heater in a house. The setpoint
is the temperature to which you
wish to have the house heated.
While the temperature is below
the setpoint, the thermostat
closes a set of switch contacts
that engage the heater. A thermostat often has another adjustment that controls the amount
of temperature variance from
the time the heater turns off
to when it turns back on again.
Closed
50C
Reset
Open
High Limit
Process
Variable
Open
Reset
Deadband
Setpoint
20C
Closed
Low Limit
Figure 1. An illustration of a 2-point
switch with settings for both a low and a
high limit value. The example described in
this application note is graphically
represented by the low limit section.
Setpoint
Deadband
Figure 2.
To Limit
Switch Contacts
To Limit Switch
Thermocouple
Input
ENTER
V
RTD
mA
mA
RTD
SOURCE
30V MAX
MEAS
300V
MAX
Fluke 741/743
Figure 3.
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