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US 2003/0151308 A1Published application
Systems and methods for indicating events in a power distribution system
OwnerKirk S. Thomasinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed are diagnostic tools and methods for a power distribution system.
Claims8
A method for a power distribution system including a generation station and a plurality of circuits each located away from the generation station, the method comprising the steps, performed for each circuit, of:
- detecting an excess current at a respective location in the power distribution system;
- detecting a loss of voltage at the respective location;
- and
- conditionally signaling a fault condition depending on whether the second detecting step follows the first detecting step within a predetermined time.
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A method for a power distribution system, the method comprising the steps, performed at a first location, of:
- detecting an excess current in a first line in the plurality of lines;
- and
- responsive to the previous step, breaking the current path in each line of the plurality of lines,
- and the following steps, performed at a location removed from the first location, detecting an excess current in a first line in the plurality of lines;
- detecting a loss of voltage in the first line;
- and
- conditionally signaling a fault condition depending on whether the second detecting step follows the first detecting step within a predetermined time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.