hi guyz... i need your big help.. does any one know about a circuit that detect cable faults in electrical lines. Specifically in household electrical wiring condition. my plan is to embed it in a circuit breaker so that if the system sense a fault in the line it will trip the line and eventually sends an alarm to the owner of the house.
You can consider residual current circuit breaker that can be fitted with auxiliary contacts - these contacts can be then used to activate an alarm or whatever you need ..
See: Industrial Control - Residual Current Devices
AFCIs and RCDs are two different devices, one reacting to arcing the other is designed to trip on a leakage current ..
The best protection is provided by combination of boh of them ..
( See: What is an AFCI? )
and in your case I'd suggest you consider that option ..
AFCIs and RCDs are two different devices, one reacting to arcing the other is designed to trip on a leakage current ..
The best protection is provided by combination of boh of them ..
( See: What is an AFCI? )
and in your case I'd suggest you consider that option ..