Residential electrical branch circuit breakers incorporate electronic and electrical technology in Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters that can turn off power to prevent fires if arcing occurs. This ...

Residual current circuit breakers (RCCB) play a narrow but important role in electrical protection. They are frequently specified, often misunderstood, and regularly credited with capabilities they ...

The TIDA-00442 TI design provides a reference solution for detecting ground faults in inverter based drives. Inverter current is measured on both dc-positive and dc-negative buses using shunt ...

Created to protect personnel from electric shock, GFCI-type operations now help protect equipment as well. • Ground-fault sensing now protects equipment as well as personnel. • The magnitude of ...

Albert Einstein once said: “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.” To mitigate the wildfire challenge, a utility must be both clever and wise. Southern California Edison (SCE) ...

Power systems today operate in an environment where reliability and safety must be maintained despite rising loads, expanding ...

Scientists in India have proposed using a multilayer neural network to find line-to-ground, line-to-line, and bypass diode faults in PV module strings. They tested the new approach on a 22.5 kW solar ...