Ground fault circuit interrupter capable of deriving energy from

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1985-05-10

1987-08-04

Pellinen, A. D.

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Safety and protection of systems and devices

Ground fault protection

361 42, 361 93, H02H 316

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046850228

ABSTRACT:
A ground-fault circuit interrupter is provided with an additional current-sensing element that responds to a net value of current through the power wires in an ac circuit. The winding may be wound on a ferromagnetic core of its own or it may be placed as a separate winding on a core that is used to sense imbalance in a GFCI. In the latter case the extra winding must be insulated electrically from the main sense winding. The additional coil is connected to a rectifying diode and a capacitor, so that an imbalance of current in the power wires charges the capacitor. The voltage thus developed across the capacitor is used to operate the tripping mechanism of the ground-fault circuit interrupter. The fault-powered signal thus attained in the added winding will enable the GFCI to operate despite the existence of heavy fault currents that reduce the operating voltage to the rest of the GFCI to a level that would otherwise prevent its operation.

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patent: 4280162 (1981-07-01), Tanka et al.
patent: 4542432 (1985-09-01), Nichols, III et al.

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