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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2011
Dejan Radosavljevic, Lafayette, NY (US);
Jeffrey C. Richards, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
Kent R. Morgan, Groton, NY (US);
David A. Finlay, Sr., Marietta, NY (US);
Dejan Radosavljevic, Lafayette, NY (US);
Jeffrey C. Richards, Baldwinsville, NY (US);
Kent R. Morgan, Groton, NY (US);
David A. Finlay, Sr., Marietta, NY (US);
Pass & Seymour, Inc., Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a protective wiring device for use in an electrical distribution system. The device includes a test facility includes a testing circuit configured to periodically generate at least one first test signal without execution of software instructions. A test monitoring circuit operates without execution of software instructions and is configured to effect an end-of-life detection state if the circuit interrupter fails to effect the tripped state in response to the electronics test failure state or in response to detecting a failure in the actuator assembly. An end-of-life circuit assembly is coupled to the test monitoring circuit, the end-of-life circuit assembly being configured to permanently decouple the plurality of line terminals from the plurality of load terminals in response to the end-of-life detection state.