Electricity: measuring and testing – Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components – For fault location
Patent
1998-03-27
2000-06-06
Ballato, Josie
Electricity: measuring and testing
Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components
For fault location
324520, 324508, 361 45, 340650, G01R 3108, G01R 3100, H02H 316, G08B 2100
Patent
active
060723173
ABSTRACT:
A portable tester plugs into a receptacle in a branch circuit of an electric power distribution system to verify protection against arc faults, line to ground faults and neutral to ground faults provided by a circuit breaker located at a remote load center or by ground fault and, or arc fault interrupters in the receptacle, and also checks for proper wiring. The arc fault detector gates phased back rectified half cycles of the ac power to generate step changes in the instantaneous amplitude of current in the branch circuit which mimic the repetitive striking of an arc. Preferably, only half cycles at least 60 ms apart are gated so that the user can verify the time to trip with a watch and can count the gated half cycles to trip by counting pulses generated by a light emitting diode (LED) in the gating circuit.
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Ballato Josie
Eaton Corporation
Hollington Jermele M.
Moran Martin J.
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