Electrical fault interrupt circuits

Details Electrical fault interrupt circuits Electrical fault interrupt circuits

1997-02-13

1999-08-24

Medley, Sally C

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Safety and protection of systems and devices

Ground fault protection

361 49, 361103, H02H 300

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059431989

ABSTRACT:
A circuit for the avoidance of electrical shock and burns in an electrical appliance. Designed primarily for a two wire appliance, the device consists of a conditioning circuit at the load and a fault sensor/interrupter at the plug. The conditioning circuit halts the flow of current to the load for a portion of each cycle of an AC excitation. If current flow is detected at the plug during this time interval it is indicative of a fault condition and a circuit breaker at the plug is opened. A fault is detected if one of the following conditions occurs: 1) a resistive path is established between hot to ground; 2) a load other than the conditioned load is placed between hot and neutral; and 3) an overtemperature condition is detected at the load. The circuit is self-resetting so that in the absence of a hot to ground fault, hot to neutral fault, or overtemperature condition, electrical current is allowed to flow.

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