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Self testing ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI)

US7443309B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 2004
Grant dateOct 28, 2008
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Expiry dateMay 2, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2071/044
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A self testing fault detector having a line side and a load side and a conductive path there between, said apparatus is provided. The self testing fault detector includes a controller, adapted to perform periodic status tests on a protection circuit of the self testing fault detector without interrupting power to the load.

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