Insulator leakage current detector and method of detecting insulator leakage current
AssigneeLindsey Manufacturing Company
InventorsKeith E. Lindsey, John McCall
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Abstract
An insulator leakage current detector, an insulator leakage current detecting system, and a method of monitoring insulator leakage current using the same are provided. An insulator leakage current detector mountable on an insulator string includes a sensor to sense leakage current information of the insulator string; and a device to send a signal including the leakage current information sensed by the sensor.
Claims14
An insulator leakage current detector mountable on an insulator string, the insulator leakage current detector comprising:
- a sensor to sense leakage current information of the insulator string;
- and
- a device to wirelessly send a signal including the leakage current information sensed by the sensor to a receiving device, the receiving device being at a location separate from the insulator leakage current detector,
- wherein the insulator leakage current detector does not have a power source separate from any power source of the receiving device, and
- wherein the device to send the signal including the leakage current information comprises an RFID sensor.
An insulator leakage current detecting system comprising:
- an insulator leakage current detector mountable on an insulator string and comprising:
- a sensor to sense leakage current information of the insulator string;
- and
- a device to wirelessly send a signal including the leakage current information sensed by the sensor;
- and
- a receiving device to receive the signal including the leakage current information, the receiving device being at a location separate from the insulator leakage current detector,
- wherein the insulator leakage current detector does not have a power source separate from any power source of the receiving device, and
- wherein the device to send the signal including the leakage current information comprises an RFID sensor, and the receiving device comprises an RFID transceiver.
An insulator leakage current detecting system comprising:
- an insulator leakage current detector mountable on an insulator string and comprising:
- a sensor to sense leakage current information of the insulator string;
- and
- a device to send a signal including the leakage current information sensed by the sensor;
- and
- a receiving device to receive the signal including the leakage current information,
- wherein the insulator leakage current detector is mounted at an end of the insulator string opposite a ground.
A method of detecting an insulator leakage current, the method comprising:
- providing an insulator leakage current detector on an insulator string;
- sensing leakage current information using a sensor of the insulator leakage current detector;
- and
- wirelessly transmitting a signal including the leakage current information to a receiving device, the receiving device being at a location separate from the insulator leakage current detector,
- wherein the insulator leakage current detector does not have a power source separate from any power source of the receiving device, and
- wherein transmitting the signal including the leakage current information comprises transmitting the signal from an RFID sensor to an RFID transceiver.
A method of detecting an insulator leakage current, the method comprising:
- providing an insulator leakage current detector on an insulator string at an end of the insulator string opposite a ground;
- sensing leakage current information using a sensor of the leakage current detector;
- and
- transmitting a signal including the leakage current information to a receiving device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.