Monitoring electrical assets for fault and efficiency correction

A system for monitoring a plurality of electrical assets defining an electrical infrastructure for pin pointing fault locations the system comprising:

• a plurality of electrical asset monitors coupled to respective ones of the electrical assets, each monitor including a sensor coupled to the electrical asset for obtaining data corresponding to at least ones of a voltage, current, or a phase angle waveform, a globally synchronized timer to time stamp the data, to measure time and to provide position information, a mesh network radio, a power supply, and a power storage device;
• one or more gateways, each gateway including a gateway mesh network radio for communicating with the plurality of electrical asset monitors and a network interface for communicating with a central command center via a network distinct from the mesh network;
• the central command center including a further network interface for communicating with the one or more gateways, a memory for storing a database of fault signatures, a second memory for storing the obtained data, a third memory for storing fixed asset information that includes at least one of cable type, cable propagation velocity, cable segment length, or asset type and asset electrical impedance, and a processor for analyzing the obtained data to identify a probable fault type, a probable fault location, and a fault response;
• where
• a system is configured to calculate a fault location from the globally synchronized times and at least one of respective arrival times of the fault signal from multiple ones of the plurality of electrical asset monitors, asset monitor position, fault signal propagation, and cable segment lengths.