Shock detector systems
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1. A shock detector comprising:
- a housing having a first water electrode for immersing in a body of water and a second electrode;
a processor for measuring a harmful electrical condition between said first water electrode and said second electrode in a region proximate the shock detector;
an audible alarm for alerting a person to the existence of a harmful electrical condition in the body of water proximate the shock detector where the harmful electrical condition is such that it could injure or electrocute a person;
a visual alarm for alerting a person to the existence of the harmful electrical condition in the body of water proximate the shock detector where the harmful electrical condition is such that it could injure or electrocute a person; and
a transceiver on the shock detector for communication with a further shock detector located in a region in the body of water that does not contain the harmful electrical condition with said transceiver activating a visual alarm on the further shock detector but not the audible alarm on the further shock detector in response to the harmful electrical condition proximate the shock detector to thereby alert a person to the existence of a harmful electrical condition in the region proximate the shock detector but not in the region proximate the further shock detector.
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Abstract
A shock detector system for determining the existence of a harmful electrical condition in a body of water proximate a first shock detector or a second shock detector with the first shock detector providing a danger signal if the harmful electrical condition proximate the first shock detector could injure or kill a person coming into contact with the body of water proximate the first shock detector and the second shock detector providing a caution signal if there is no harmful electrical condition detected by the second shock detector even though there is a harmful electrical condition proximate the first shock detector.
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20 Claims
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1. A shock detector comprising:
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a housing having a first water electrode for immersing in a body of water and a second electrode; a processor for measuring a harmful electrical condition between said first water electrode and said second electrode in a region proximate the shock detector; an audible alarm for alerting a person to the existence of a harmful electrical condition in the body of water proximate the shock detector where the harmful electrical condition is such that it could injure or electrocute a person; a visual alarm for alerting a person to the existence of the harmful electrical condition in the body of water proximate the shock detector where the harmful electrical condition is such that it could injure or electrocute a person; and a transceiver on the shock detector for communication with a further shock detector located in a region in the body of water that does not contain the harmful electrical condition with said transceiver activating a visual alarm on the further shock detector but not the audible alarm on the further shock detector in response to the harmful electrical condition proximate the shock detector to thereby alert a person to the existence of a harmful electrical condition in the region proximate the shock detector but not in the region proximate the further shock detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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- 4. A shock detector system comprising a set of shock detectors capable of independently determining the existence of a harmful electrical condition in a body of water where the harmful electrical condition could kill or injure a person in the body of water with at least two of said set of shock detectors each including a transceiver for communication with each other so that if a one of the at least two set of shock detectors activates a first danger signal in response to a harmful voltage proximate thereto a transceiver communication therefrom activates a caution signal on another of the set of shock detectors that is not in water that has a harmful electrical condition to thereby alert a person proximate the another of the set of shock detectors that there is a harmful electrical condition in the body of water although the harmful electrical condition is not proximate the another of the set of shock detectors with the caution signal.
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10. A shock detector comprising:
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a processor for determining the existence of a harmful electrical condition in a body of water that could injure or kill a person in contact with the body of water proximate the shock detector; and an audible alarm and a visual alarm on said shock detector with said audible and visual alarm jointly responsive to a harmful electrical condition proximate the shock detector with either the audible alarm or the visual alarm on the shock detector separately responsive to a signal from a remote shock detector when there is a harmful electrical condition proximate the remote shock detector to thereby alert a person that there is a harmful electrical condition that could kill or injure a person in another portion of the body of water. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method of monitoring a body of water to determine a presence of a harmful electrical condition that could injure or kill a person comprising the steps of:
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placing a first shock detector in a first portion of a body of water where the first shock detector includes a first alarm for alerting a person to the existence of the harmful electrical condition proximate the first shock detector through the activation of the first alarm on the first shock detector; and placing a second shock detector in communication with a further portion of the body of water where the second shock detector is in communication with the first shock detector and includes a further alarm for alerting a person to the existence of a harmful electrical condition in the first portion of the body of water even in the absence of a harmful electrical condition in the body of water proximate the second shock detector. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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