New Product Launch

DLRO10HD
Paul Swinerd – Power Product Portfolio Manger

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Product Family
 New addition to the DLRO10 series
• Digital Low Resistance Ohmmeter 10 Amp Heavy Duty

DLRO10 DLRO10X

New DLRO10HD

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Product Family - Existing Products
 DLRO10 and DLRO10X key
features:
• Hang from neck operation
– Great for difficult access or
use up ladders
• Power limited to 0.25W only
– Will not heat test piece
• Detachable battery pack
– Continuous testing
possible with optional
additional battery
• 600V input protection
– Without blowing a fuse

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Product Family - Existing Products
 Main Differences
 DLRO10  DLRO10X
• LED display • LCD dot matrix backlit
– Visible in bright sunlight • Drop down menu operation
• Three test modes • Settable test limits
• Result storage with memos
• Five test modes

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New DLRO10HD

 Built for harsh conditions

 Always ready to test
 Quick, intuitive, reliable testing
 High Accuracy

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New DLRO10HD Features

 New tough case

• Built for harsh conditions
• At home on bench or floor
• Lid mounted pouch as std.
• IP 65 with lid closed
• IP 54 in operation
• Smaller version of MIT / S1
case
 Quality look and feel
• Elastomeric, soft touch
designer front panel

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New DLRO10HD Features
 Rechargeable battery and
mains operation
• High capacity 7Ah battery
• Mains operation for
continuous use applications
– Production environments
• Always ready to test
– Even with flat battery
• Important competitive
feature

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 New DLRO10HD Features
 Rotary switches
• Selecting range and test mode
• Ease of operation
• Intuitive
• No learning time
 Backlit LCD display
• Noise and external voltage
indication
– Important competitive
feature
 DH4 indicator light operation
• External voltage and test
complete indication (as DLRO10)

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New DLRO10HD Features
 Low or high output power
selection
• Green = all <0.25W
• Red = 10A <25W
• Diagnostic tool
• Important competitve
feature

 Five test modes

• Same as DLRO10X
• Includes
– Auto start on contact
– Auto current reversal
– EMF cancelling

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 New DLRO10HD Features

DLRO10HD 250mΩ Ranges

 Low or high output
High Power and Low Power Output Comparison power selection
100
25.0W Max • Helps to show up:
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– Contamination
1 Low Power
250mΩ Range
– Rough mating
0.1 High Power
250mΩ Range surfaces
Power (W)

0.01
0.0025W Max
– Frayed
0.001 damaged wired
0.0001  High duty cycle
0.00001 • 10A at 25W for <60
0.000001 sec
0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25
Resistance

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New DLRO10HD Features

 High Input Protection <600V

• <600V between any
terminal
• Will not blow fuse
• Indicates external voltage
and inhibits testing
• Same as DLRO10 and
DLRO10X
• Important competitive
feature

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New DLRO10HD – Applications
 During electrical manufacturing processes
• Testing switches, connectors and relays
– To ensure contact resistance is within specified values.
• Cable resistance
– Too low means too much copper in cable (higher costs),
too high means not enough copper (cables’ current
carrying capacity compromised)
• Motors
– To determine heat rise under load, measure winding
resistance, check for short circuits or open circuits.
• Generators
– To determine heat rise under load, measure winding
resistance, check for short circuits or open circuits.

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New DLRO10HD – Applications
 During electrical manufacturing processes
• Fuses
– To ensure resistance is within specified values.
• Cable looms
– Checking bonding and interconnections when installing in
equipment, racks etc.
• UPS / Car batteries
– Carrier to plate weld resistance, High resistance indicates
poor weld quality that will restrict battery’s ability to carry
current.

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New DLRO10HD – Applications
 Aircraft assembly and maintenance
• Main frame electrical and mechanical bonds – to ensure a stable
“ground plan” to protect aircraft from static electricity and
lightning strikes.
– Static wick bonding
– Antenna bonds
– Control linkage bonding
– Battery connection and interconnection
– Integrity of structure and exhaust system
– Metallic coating resistance

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New DLRO10HD – Applications
 Railway / Railroad Industry
• Strap and wire bond between rail segments – maintaining
performance of control and telephone system. Minimising power
loss on three rail systems. However sometime higher test
currents are specified.
• Cable joints – power system efficiency.
• Earth / ground bonds – e.g. lightning protection on structures.
Ground mats, ground conductor rings, metal cladding, metal
ceilings, metal floors, hand rails, seats etc. to limit step and
touch potential.
• Platform edge doors – Earth / ground bonding (mainly
underground systems)

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New DLRO10HD – Applications
 Aluminium refineries
• Graphite electrodes – to verify density
 Ship building or any metal structures
• Weld quality – measure at regular intervals along weld length
looking for uniformity.
• Installed equipment bonds – to steel structure / hull.
 Raw material processing, e.g. cement plants
• Power carrying elements – installation and maintenance
• Ground bonds - cement is corrosive
 Automotive industry
• Cable leads in robot spot welders work-harden through flexing
causing strands to break. Results in poor weld quality.

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New DLRO10HD – Applications
 Power Generation and Distribution
• Bus bars – lap joint tests to maintain low resistance, and hence
maintaining efficiency and reducing likely hood of fire.
• Cable joints – including overhead lines. High impedance joint
can explode.
• Fuses – connections
 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
• Battery straps – quality of connections. Preventing potential of
fire and failure to operate
• Carrier to plate weld resistance – High resistance indicates poor
weld quality that will restrict battery’s ability to carry current.
 Military vehicles – Trucks, tanks etc.
• Installed equipment such as radio equipment - ground bonding
to vehicle chassis.

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New DLRO10HD – Applications
 Buildings – wiring, lightning protection bonds
• Various bond, both for power distribution and earth grounding –
check for step and touch voltage safety in fault condition.
• Conduit continuity – metal conduit, detect corroded or loose
threads etc.
 Pipe lines
• Cathodic protection – check connection etc. Tough environment
ideal for the DLRO10HD
 Wind turbines
• Lightning protection – wing tip to base, or component parts in
manufacture. Long test leads available for this application.
• Earth ground bonds – various

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DLRO10HD Customers
 Power Utilities
• Maintenance and commissioning departments
 Electrical Contractors
• Contracted to Power Utilities
• Maintaining power systems
 Testing Companies
• Contracted to Power Utilities
• Maintaining power systems
 Electrical Maintenance Companies
–Contracted to Power Utilities
–Maintaining power systems

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DLRO10HD Customers

 Industrial/Manufacturing Plants
• Using and maintaining power systems and rotating
machinery
 Process Control Plants
• Industrial manufacturing plant
 University / Colleges
• Research applications
 Railways
 Air lines
 Aircraft manufacturers

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DLRO10HD Customers
 Wind turbine manufacturers
 Wind turbine installation contractors
 Car manufacturers
 Bus, truck, light commercial vehicle
manufacturing
 Electricians
 Defence / Government
 Cable Manufacturers
 Motor and generator manufacturers
 Fuse manufacturers

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DLRO10HD Customers

 Battery / UPS manufacturers and installers

 Electrical plant and equipment manufacturers
 Electronics manufacturers
 Aluminium refineries
 Cement works
 Ship builders
 Military manufacturing
 Pipe line installation contractors
 Mining industry

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Sales tools

 Data sheets
• DLRO10, DLRO10X and DLRO10HD
 Guide to low resistance testing
• Covers techniques and applications for DLRO products.
• Part No. AVTMDLRO/MEG-304_V03
 ANSI/IEEE Standard C37.09
• Section 5.14: Electrical Resistance test.
 NETA
• Contact resistance test recommended in equipment procedure
 Megger Web Site
• Electronic copies
 DLRO10HD Application note
• Available on website

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