What terms are commonly used in the measurement and description of power quality?
Voltage sags Voltage variations Interruptions Swells Brownouts Blackouts Voltage imbalance Distortion Harmonics Harmonic resonance Interharmonics Notching Noise Impulse Spikes (Voltage) Ground Common mode noise Flicker Crest factor Electromagnetic compatibility Dropout Fault Transient Ground Momentary interruption Ground loops Voltage fluctuations Under voltage Non-linear load THD Total Harmonic Distortion Triplen Harmonics Over voltage Voltage regulation Isolation Oscillatory transient Outage Voltage dip Surge Spike Outage Section Two – Common Power Quality Problems