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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Applicant:
Samuel Robert Mollet, Grain Valley, MO (US);
Inventor:
Samuel Robert Mollet, Grain Valley, MO (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for testing a status of a light unit is provided, wherein the method includes electrically coupling the light unit to a controller and transmitting a negative voltage from the controller to the light unit. The method also includes detecting at least one of current and voltage passing through the light unit and determining a status of the light unit based on at least one of the detected current and detected voltage.