Method and apparatus for detecting arcing in alternating-current

Details Method and apparatus for detecting arcing in alternating-current Method and apparatus for detecting arcing in alternating-current

1994-09-06

1995-07-18

Wieder, Kenneth A.

Electricity: measuring and testing

Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components

For fault location

324520, 324613, 361113, G01R 3132, H01H 3326

Patent

active

054345090

ABSTRACT:
An arc detector for detecting potentially hazardous arcing in electrical connections comprises detection and signal processing circuitry for monitoring high-frequency noise characteristic of arcing on the power line and distinguishable from other sources of high-frequency noise.

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