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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard C Counts, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
USI Lighting, Inc., San Leandro, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315119 ; 315127 ; 315225 ; 315292 ; 315313 ; 315316 ;
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention is a lighting system including a sense transformer with two primaries and a secondary for receiving alternating current (AC) from a power source, a low ohmage resistor placed across the sense transformer secondary winding for preventing saturation of the core of the sense transformer, an analog comparator for detecting when ground-fault signals in the sense transformer secondary winding exceed a threshold voltage and digital counters for testing whether or not a ground-fault condition persists longer than three consecutive half-cycles of the received alternating current from the power source.