Provided is a battery monitoring device for a vehicle-mounted battery that can more accurately detect voltage in each location in the battery module and can protect a circuit if overcurrent and overvoltage occur. In the battery monitoring device for the vehicle-mounted battery, a power source line is electrically connected to a high voltage electrode portion, and is a path through which current flows from a high voltage electrode portion side without passing through a first fuse (first current interruption unit) of the high voltage signal line. The second Zener diode has a cathode that is electrically connected to the power source line and an anode that is electrically connected to another one of the plurality of high voltage signal lines than the high voltage signal line.

A method and apparatus for operating a power distribution system, includes providing a solid state switch downstream of a power source and upstream of an electrical load, the solid state switch operable in a conducting mode that enabling conduction from upstream to the output and a non-conducting mode that disables conduction from the input to the output, and providing a transient voltage suppressor defining a breakdown voltage upstream of the solid state switch.

A gate driver IC includes a first diode, a second diode, a first comparator, a second comparator, and a judgement circuit. The first comparator compares a first potential difference between both ends of the first diode and a first threshold. The second comparator compares a second potential difference between both ends of the second diode and a second threshold. Based on comparison results of the first comparator and the second comparator, the judgement circuit determines occurrence of disconnection.

A power monitor circuit, includes a power delivery path including an input voltage, a first resistor, and a load. The power monitor circuit further includes a comparator to measure a voltage across the first resistor. The comparator includes an inverting input to measure a voltage on a first side of the first resistor, a non-inverting input to measure a voltage on a second side of the first resistor, a threshold input to receive a threshold input voltage level, and an output to generate a trip signal when the voltage across the first resistor meets the threshold input voltage input level. The power monitor circuit further includes a sub-circuit in series with the first resistor, the sub-circuit including a second resistor coupled to a Zener diode, the sub-circuit to feed the input voltage back into the inverting input of the comparator. A third resistor connected between the first resistor and the second resistor, divides down the input voltage, and a fourth resistor is connected between the sub-circuit and the threshold input of the comparator. The fourth resistor is to set a voltage at which the trip signal is generated.

A voltage presence indicating system intended to be connected to a voltage measurement sensor for each phase of a high-voltage electrical network, a visual indicator representing the presence of the measured voltage, a first peak limiter having a first regulation voltage so as to deliver a first sinusoidal output signal representing the measured voltage and a second peak limiter having a second regulation voltage so as to deliver a second sinusoidal output signal representing the phase angle of the measured voltage, the second regulation voltage being higher than the first regulation voltage.

An arrangement is for determining the level of the electric current for a low-voltage circuit. The arrangement includes a conductor, forming the primary side of a transformer, the secondary side being connected to a rectifier circuit. A first output of the rectifier is connected firstly via a first diode to a voltage stabilizing circuit for an electronic unit having a controller and secondly to a first series circuit formed by a first switching component and a first resistor. The arrangement is configured in such a way that in the event of a first voltage value being reached at the first input of the voltage stabilizing circuit, the first switching component is switched to be conductive. The secondary current of the transformer flows via the first resistor, as a result of which an electrical voltage is dropped across the first resistor. The electric current of conductor is determinable from the voltage.

A bidirectional flat clamp device includes a first device node and a second device node. The bidirectional flat clamp device also includes a first switch and a second switch coupled in series between the first and second device nodes. The bidirectional flat clamp device also includes at least one switch driver coupled to the first and second switches. The bidirectional flat clamp device also includes a first current path between the first and second device nodes, the first current path having a first diode, a voltage sensor circuit, and a second diode. The bidirectional flat clamp device also includes a second current path between the first and second device nodes, the second current path having a third diode, the voltage sensor circuit, and a fourth diode.

A compact and lightweight emulator is provided for parasitic testing individual lighting circuits and the electric brake circuit of travel trailers and fifth-wheel trailers, which are equipped with an on-board rechargeable battery. The emulator is equipped with a flasher circuit that, when activated, flashes the stop/turn lights on the trailer simultaneously in an emergency flasher mode. The emulator includes a housing, which incorporates a 7-blade receptacle for a trailer electrical plug, a digital voltmeter, a circuit selector switch, a keyed ON-OFF switch, which selectively sends power from the trailer battery to device circuitry, and a pair of external terminals, which can be connected to leads from an electrical charger in order to recharge the trailer's on-board battery.

A dead front connector including a housing, an electrical coupling configured to electrically connect a power cable to a device, and an indicator located on the housing. The dead front connector further including a voltage testing circuit configured to test a voltage between the power cable and the device and illuminate the indicator when the voltage is above a predetermined threshold.

Aspects of the disclosure provide for a circuit. In some examples, the circuit includes a Zener diode, a first current source, a first n-type field effect transistor (FET), a first inverter circuit, and a second current source. The Zener diode has a cathode coupled to a first node and an anode coupled to a second node. The first current source has a first terminal coupled to the second node and a second terminal coupled to a ground terminal. The first n-type FET has a gate terminal coupled to the second node, a source terminal coupled to the ground terminal, and a drain terminal coupled to a third node. The first inverter circuit has an input coupled to the third node and an output coupled to a fourth node. The second current source has a first terminal coupled to a fifth node and a second terminal coupled to the third node.