Circuit interrupter installation and associated method

The title of the invention is circuit interrupter installation and associated method. The method involves a circuit interrupter installation having a circuit interrupter with a plurality of poles andan ETU electrically connected with a neutral current sensor situated in proximity to a neutral conduc...

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Hauptverfasser: RAKUS PAUL R, LAGREE JAMES LEO, GAO ZHI, HARTZEL RONALD DALE
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Sprache:chi ; eng
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Zusammenfassung:The title of the invention is circuit interrupter installation and associated method. The method involves a circuit interrupter installation having a circuit interrupter with a plurality of poles andan ETU electrically connected with a neutral current sensor situated in proximity to a neutral conductor. The method includes determining that a plurality of fundamental frequency phase current vectors, when summed, are substantially equal to a fundamental frequency neutral current vector, and/or that a plurality of triplen odd-numbered harmonic phase current vectors, when summed, are substantially equal to a triplen odd-numbered harmonic neutral current vector. Responsive to the determining, the method includes outputting a notification which represents a possibility that a neutral current detection apparatus is mis-wired, and/or employing with the ETU a reverse vector that is an opposite of the fundamental frequency neutral current vector in the ongoing monitoring for an event that wouldtrigger the movement of t