The ELGAR 5.0-13A is an AC power source engineered for laboratory and industrial testing applications requiring precision voltage synthesis and power line disturbance simulation. Part of the SmartWave™ Series, this unit delivers stable, low-distortion power output across single-phase, two-phase, and three-phase configurations with maximum output current of 13 A per phase at 135 V.
## Technical Specifications
**Power Output & Configuration**
• Output rating: 5250/5550 VA (single or three-phase)
• Output voltage ranges: 0–156 Vrms L-N or 0–312 Vrms L-N
• Output current per phase: 13 A at 135 V (156 V range); 6.5 A at 270 V (312 V range)
• Crest factor: 4.0
• Full rated power up to 45°C ambient
**Frequency & Waveform**
• Frequency range: DC or 2 Hz to 6 kHz output capability
• Frequency resolution: 0.01 Hz (40–99.99 Hz), 0.05 Hz (100–999.9 Hz), 0.5 Hz (1000–5000 Hz)
• Frequency accuracy: ±0.01% at 25°C; ±0.001% per °C temperature coefficient
• Maximum slew rate above 1 kHz: 1 kHz per second
**Output Quality**
• Total harmonic distortion: 0.25% max (40–100 Hz, full linear load), 0.5% max to 500 Hz, 1% max to 1 kHz plus 1% per kHz to 5 kHz
• AC noise: >60 dB RMS below full output voltage
• Voltage accuracy: ±0.1% of range (5–156 Vrms, 10–312 Vrms at 25°C with sense leads connected); add 0.2% per kHz above 1 kHz
• Voltage resolution: 0.05% of full scale
• Amplitude stability (with remote sense): ±0.1% of full scale over 24 hours
**Load & Line Regulation**
• Load regulation: ±0.025% of full scale voltage (resistive load to no load); add ±0.015% per kHz above 1 kHz
• Line regulation: ±0.025% of full scale for ±10% input line change
• Power factor range: 0 (lagging) to unity
• Phase accuracy: ±1° (40 Hz to 1 kHz), plus ±1° per kHz above 1 kHz
• Phase angle resolution: 0.1°
## Key Features
• Advanced waveform generation for automated test equipment (ATE)
• Dual voltage range selection for flexible load matching
• Remote sense input for precision amplitude regulation
• AC plus DC output mode capability
• Low temperature coefficient: <50 ppm/°C
## Typical Applications
Electronic component and subsystem validation, power quality testing, AC-DC conversion design verification, and power line disturbance simulation in controlled laboratory environments.
