Portable self powered line mounted high speed camera system for overhead electric power lines
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1. A method of locating a fault on a power line conductor comprising:
- mounting a sensor transmitter receiver unit (STR unit) on the power line conductor;
measuring a change in magnitude from a load current to a fault current with a first “
C”
loop coil at least partially surrounding an electric power line conductor;
selecting at least one camera on each STR unit based on a polarity of the load current and the fault current;
determining the location of the fault by comparing the polarity of the fault current and the load current measured by the STR unit; and
capturing an image with the at least one camera assembly in the direction of a fault.
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Abstract
A method of locating a fault on a power line conductor includes measuring a change in magnitude from a load current to a fault current with a first “C” loop coil through an electric power line conductor. At least one camera is selected based on a polarity of the load current and the fault current. An image is captured with the at least one camera assembly in the direction of a fault.
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1. A method of locating a fault on a power line conductor comprising:
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mounting a sensor transmitter receiver unit (STR unit) on the power line conductor; measuring a change in magnitude from a load current to a fault current with a first “
C”
loop coil at least partially surrounding an electric power line conductor;selecting at least one camera on each STR unit based on a polarity of the load current and the fault current; determining the location of the fault by comparing the polarity of the fault current and the load current measured by the STR unit; and capturing an image with the at least one camera assembly in the direction of a fault. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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8. A method of locating a fault on a power line conductor comprising:
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transmitting a pre-selected fault current level from a remote location with a transmitter receiver unit and an antenna to the transmitter receiver unit mounted on the electric power line conductor via the antenna, wherein the pre-selected levels are used by a sensor electronics module to compare measured load current to an expected magnitude of a fault current with an abrupt change in magnitude to determine the presence of a fault on the electric power line conductor; measuring a change in magnitude from a load current to a fault current with a first “
C”
loop coil at least partially surrounding an electric power line conductor;selecting at least one camera based on a polarity of the load current and the fault current; and capturing an image with the at least one camera assembly in the direction of a fault. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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