SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER OPERATING MECHANISM RELIABILITY, AND CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER

A method of determining if a circuit interrupter operating mechanism has an acceptable trip margin includes determining a model trip margin, providing a circuit interrupter, the circuit interrupter disposed in situ, the circuit interrupter including an operating mechanism, determining a circuit interrupter trip margin by: providing an internal sensor assembly, the internal trip margin sensor assembly structured to record trip margin data, providing a transfer function module, providing a computer structured to execute the transfer function module, executing the transfer function module on thecomputer, utilizing the trip margin sensor assembly to generate trip margin data, transmitting the trip margin data to the transfer function module, processing the trip margin data to generate a tripmargin, and determining if the trip margin is acceptable relative to the model trip margin. 本发明公开了一种确定电路断路器操作机构是否具有可接受的跳闸裕度的方法，该方法包括：确定模型跳闸裕度；提供电路断路器，该电路断路器原地设置，该电路断路器包括操作机构，通过以下方式确定电路断路器跳闸裕度：提供内部传感器组件，该内部跳闸裕度传感器组件被构造为记录跳闸裕度数据