Systems and methods for electrical connection monitoring using cable shielding are described. For example, a system may include a high-voltage power supply; a first high-voltage cable including a first conductor connected to the high-voltage power supply and a first shielding that encircles the first conductor; a second high-voltage cable including a second conductor connected to the high-voltage power supply and a second shielding that encircles the second conductor; and a continuity detection circuit connected to the first shielding and to the second shielding, wherein the second shielding is connected to the first shielding to form a loop with the continuity detection circuit.

A power supply cord for use with a leakage current detection and interruption device, including at least two power supply lines, at least two insulating layers respectively covering the at least two power supply lines, at least two shield lines respectively covering the at least two insulating layers, and at least one insulating structure covering at least one of the at least two shield lines to electrically insulate the at least two shield lines from each other. By providing the insulating structure outside of at least one of the shield lines, the shield lines of different power supply lines are independent of each other, so that the shield lines can better detect leakage currents in the power supply lines.

A main electrical cabling is subject to variations in ambient temperature over its length. A detection system for detecting fault in the main electrical cabling able to cause a serial arc, or heating within a connection, includes a monitor electrical cabling placed as a return loop alongside the main electrical cabling, a monitoring device, and a return cable bringing back electrical potential at the output of the main electrical cabling to the monitoring device. The monitoring device includes a controllable current generator injecting, into the monitor electrical cable, a current dependent on current flowing through the main electrical cabling. Electronic circuitry determines a difference in voltages at inputs and outputs of the main electrical cabling and of the monitor electrical cabling, to detect a potential fault in the main electrical cabling leading to a serial arc or increase in temperature. A fault in the main electrical cabling is detected despite variations in temperature.

A main electrical cabling is subject to variations in ambient temperature over its length. A detection system for detecting a fault in the main electrical cabling able to cause a serial arc, or heating within a connection, includes a monitor electrical cabling placed alongside the main electrical cabling and a controllable current generator injecting, at the input of the monitor electrical cable, a current proportional to the current flowing through the main electrical cabling. The main and monitor sets of electrical cabling being joined at the output, an electronic circuitry measures the difference between the electrical potential at the input of the main electrical cabling and that at the input of the monitor electrical cabling and detects a fault in the main electrical cabling when the difference of the electrical potentials exceeds a predefined threshold. A fault in the main electrical cabling is detected despite the variations in temperature.

A power strip and method for providing and controlling power to power strip outlets and for differing amperages and/or voltages is disclosed. The power strip includes a power cord for connecting to a power outlet and a plurality of electrical outlets of the same of differing amperage and voltage connected to receive the electrical current from the power cord. At least one of the plurality of electrical outlets is powered continuously with electrical current from the power outlet. Electrical current from the power outlet to the plurality of electrical outlets is controlled by load presence controlled circuit, current limiting circuit, and/or soft-start circuitry.

The wide application of power electronic components in power systems with renewable energy sources has changed the fault characteristics of conventional power systems, resulting in the performance degradation of conventional protections. To solve these problems, a novel principle of pilot protection based on structural similarity and square error criteria is provided. The structural similarity criterion utilizes the difference of fault characteristics between renewable sources and synchronous generators to identify internal faults, and the square error criterion is used to solve abnormal calculation of the conventional similarity based protection. Compared with conventional differential protections, the disclosed protection shows excellent performance in speed and reliability during various faults.

In a power supply control device, a temperature calculation circuit calculates a wire temperature of a wire based on the current value of a current flowing through the wire. If the wire temperature calculated by the temperature calculation circuit is lower than a temperature threshold value, a drive unit switches on or off a switch in accordance with content indicated by a control signal output by a communication unit. When the wire temperature calculated by the temperature calculation circuit rises to the temperature threshold value or higher, the drive unit switches off the switch independently of content indicated by a control signal output by the communication unit.

The invention relates to an emulating device (EMU) for emulating a bimetallic strip, the emulating device (EMU) comprising a current sensor (CC) capable of measuring a line current (I.sub.P) flowing through the emulating device (EMU), the emulating device (EMU) being capable of providing a value representative of a cumulative thermal state (E.sub.th_n) over time t, which value is referred to as cumulative thermal state (E.sub.th_n), by recursively adding a value representative of an initial thermal state (E.sub.th_i), which value is referred to as initial thermal state (E.sub.th_i), and a value representative of a present thermal state (E.sub.th_on, E.sub.th_off), which value is referred to as present thermal state (E.sub.th_on, E.sub.th_off), which is determined on the basis of the line current (I.sub.P).

A power supply cord for use with a leakage current detection and interruption device, including at least two power supply lines, at least two insulating layers respectively covering the at least two power supply lines, at least two shield lines respectively covering the at least two insulating layers, and at least one insulating structure covering at least one of the at least two shield lines to electrically insulate the at least two shield lines from each other. By providing the insulating structure outside of at least one of the shield lines, the shield lines of different power supply lines are independent of each other, so that the shield lines can better detect leakage currents in the power supply lines.

An apparatus and method for managing the detection of faults in a wiring system. The wiring system is made up of supply wires and can include return wires. The supply wire connects a power supply to a load end. The fault detecting apparatus is positioned along the wire between the power supply and the load end and can include a first and second resistor, a voltage monitor, and an indicator.