Electricity: measuring and testing – Measuring – testing – or sensing electricity – per se – Frequency of cyclic current or voltage
Patent
1977-10-19
1980-10-07
Strecker, Gerard R.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se
Frequency of cyclic current or voltage
361100, G01R 3102, H02H 3093
Patent
active
042271452
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus is provided for use in combination with an electric power distribution cable and the normal source of voltage supply to said cable, the cable being connected between said normal source of voltage supply and at least one load normally applied to said cable, said apparatus detecting faults in said power cable and comprising a solid state switch unit comprising two thyristors arranged in an inverse-parallel configuration and continuously conducting current up to a pre-set maximum and becoming non-conductive after conducting a current in excess of the pre-set maximum for a pre-set period, a metering unit connected to said solid state switch unit for indicating the size of a current flowing through said cable, said metering unit including means for measuring the current in the solid state switch unit, and a trigger circuit connected to said solid state switch unit and metering unit which includes a manually operated trigger switch so connected to said solid state switch unit that when the trigger switch is actuated the trigger circuit will render the switch unit conductive, period measuring means connected to said solid state switch unit maintaining said switch unit conductive for said pre-set period, said apparatus in use being connected in series between said cable and said normal source of voltage supply to the cable when said cable is on load, whereby the trigger circuit will maintain said switch unit electrically conductive for a pre-set period long enough to allow the metering unit to indicate the size of the current flowing through said cable and hence the existence or otherwise of a fault in said cable but not long enough for said current to damage the apparatus, the cable under test and the normal source of voltage supply to the cable.
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Bonikowski Zbigniew
Briant Anthony A.
Ghanashyamkulkarni Suhas
Bicc Limited
Strecker Gerard R.
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