IDEAL INDUSTRIES 61-686 User manual

61-686

Light Meter

Operating Instructions

61-686

Light Meter

LUX/FC

HOLD

MANU

MAX

AUTO

ZERO

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

CAUTION

Take extreme care for the following conditions while measuring

• Donotoperatethemeterinanenvironmentwithexplosivegas,

combustible gas steam or an area ﬁlled with dust.

• Iferraticoperationoccurspleasereplacethebatteryimmediately.

• Inordertoavoiddamagecausedbycontaminationorstaticelectricity,do

 notservicetheunit.

• Verifythemeterisworkingproperlybytakingareadingonaknown

measurement.

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INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION

1. Display(LCD):Displaysmeasurementsandfunctionsymbols

2. Power Button: Switches the meter on and off.

3. LUX/FC: Unit of measure button

4. MAX: Maximum hold button

5. HOLD: Dataholdbutton

6. MANU: Manual range button

7. AUTO: Auto range button

8. ZERO: Auto zero button

9. LIGHT SENSOR

INTRODUCTION

The61-686metermeasureslightfromxturesthatareequippedwithuores-

cent,metalhalide,high-pressuresodiumandincandescentlightsources.

The foot-candle unit is deﬁned as the amount of illumination the inside

surfaceanimaginary1-footradiusspherewouldbereceivingiftherewerea

uniformpointsourceofonecandelaintheexactcenterofthesphere.Alterna-

tively,itcanbedenedastheilluminanceona1-squarefootsurfaceofwhich

thereisauniformlydistributeduxofonelumen.Thiscanbethoughtofas

theamountoflightthatactuallyfallsonagivensurface.Thefoot-candleis

equaltoonelumenpersquarefoot.

TheSIderivedunitofilluminanceisthelux.Onefoot-candleisequalto

approximately10.764lux,althoughinthelightingindustry,typicallythisis

approximatedas1footcandlebeingequalto10lux.

61-686

Light Meter

LUX/FC

HOLD

MANU

MAX

AUTO

ZERO

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Nbr. of Lumen

Area (sq. foot or sq. meter)

Nbr. of Lumen = Nbr. of foot (or meter) x area

Foot-candle/Luxconversion

1foot-candle=10.764lux

1lux=0.09290foot-candles

(sq,footorsq.meter)

OPERATING THE METER

1. Pressthe““buttontoturnthepoweronoroff

2. Removethesensor’scapandplacethesensorintheareatobemeasured.

3. Press the LUX/FC button to select the desired units of measure. Fc is the

default.

4. Readthelightlevelonthedisplay.Ifthemeterisinautorangemodethe

 readingwillappearautomaticallyonthedisplay.Ifthemeterisinmanual

 rangemodeandthemeasurementisoutofrange,anOLwillappearinthe

 display.PresstheMANUbuttontochangetherange.

5. TosavethecurrentvalueontheLCDpresstheDataHoldbutton.Press

 theDataHoldbuttonagaintoresumenormalmeasuring.

6. Tocapturethemaximumreadingwhiletakingmeasurements,presstheMax

 Holdbuttontocapturethemaximumvalue.PressmaxHoldbuttonagainto

resume normal measuring.

7. Iftheunitisidleforapproximately5minutes,itwillautomaticallypoweroff.

8. Aftertesting,replacethelightsensorcapandpressthepowerbuttontoturn

off the meter.

ZEROING THE METER

Turnthemeteronwiththesensorcapinplaceoverthelightsensor.Thevalue

shouldread000inanyrange.Ifthemeterdoesnotread000,pressthezero

buttontoautomaticallyzerothereading.

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SPECIFICATIONS:

Display 2000countLCDdisplay

Sensor Siliconphotodiodeandlter

Measuring

Range

200,2000,20000,200000Lux

20,200,2000,20000Footcandles

Accuracy

±3%(Calibratedtostandardincandescentlamp2856°K)

+/-6%allothervisiblelightsources

Angledeviation

from cosine

characteristics

30° ±2%

60° ±6%

80° ±25%

PowerSupply 9VNEDA1604,IEC6F22,JIS006Pbatteryx1pc

Batterylife Approximately200hours

Dimensions

Meter: 1.5(H)x2.2(W)x5.1(L)in.

 38(H)x55(W)x130(L)mm

Sensor 9.8(H)x2.2(W)x3.1(L)in.

 25(H)x55(W)x80(L)mm

Weight Approx.8.8oz.(250g)withbattery

Accessories User’smanual,carryingcase,9Vbattery

Lengthofcableforlightsensor:Approx.59in.(1.5M)

Operating Environment:Indooruseonly.Thisinstrumenthasbeen

designedforuseinanenvironmentwithpollutiondegree2.

Operation Altitude: Upto2000M.

Operating Conditions: 14to104(-10°~50°)Humidity:0%~80%RH.

StorageConditions:14to104(-10°~50°)Humidity:0%~70%RH.

EMC: EN61326(1997)+A1(1998)+A2(2001)

MAINTENANCE:

BATTERY REPLACEMENT

WARNING

Ifthesymbol””appearsontheLCDreplacethebatteryimmediately.

Whenthebatterypowerfallslow,thebatterysymbol””willappearon

thedisplay.Replacetheone(1)9Vbatterybyremovingthebatterycover

andaccessingthebatterycompartment.Observepolaritywhenreplacingthe

battery.Installthebatterycover.

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CLEANING AND STORAGE

1. Thewhiteplasticlightsensorshouldbecleanedwithadampclothwhen

 neccessary.

2. Whenthemeterisnotinusekeepthelightsensorcoveredwiththelight

 sensorcap.

3. Removethebatteryiftheunitisnotusedforanextendedperiodoftime.

4. Storethemeterinanareawithmoderatetemperatureandhumidity(refer

 totheoperatingandstoragerangeinthespecicationschart)

RELATIVE SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY

Peaksensitivitywavelength:550nm  Typ.Ta=23°

WAVELENTH(nm)

*CIE luminous spectral luminous

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WARRANTY STATEMENT

Thistesteriswarrantedtotheoriginalpurchaseragainstdefectsinmaterial

andworkmanshipfortwoyearsfromthedateofpurchase.Duringthiswarranty

period,IDEALINDUSTRIES,INC.will,atitsoption,replaceorrepairthedefec-

tiveunit,subjecttovericationofthedefectormalfunction.

Thiswarrantydoesnotcoverfuses,batteriesordamagefromabuse,neglect,

accident,unauthorizedrepair,alteration,orunreasonableuseoftheinstrument.

AnyimpliedwarrantiesarisingoutofthesaleofanIDEALproduct,including

butnotlimitedtoimpliedwarrantiesofmerchantabilityandtnessforapar-

ticularpurpose,arelimitedtotheabove.Themanufacturershallnotbeliable

forlossofuseoftheinstrumentorotherincidentalorconsequentialdamages,

expenses,oreconomicloss,orforanyclaimorclaimsforsuchdamage,

expensesoreconomicloss.

Statelawsvary,sotheabovelimitationsorexclusionsmaynotapplytoyou.

Thiswarrantygivesyouspeciclegalrights,andyoumayalsohaveother

rightswhichvaryfromstatetostate.

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