Research Application Story concerns new contact voltage sensor.
Press Release Summary:
In collaboration with Con Edison of New York and National Grid, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) developed electric field sensor to help electric utilities detect and repair contact voltage. Directional E-Field sensor accelerates process of safely finding inadvertently energized objects and surfaces. While antenna identifies charge from any electric field, LED indicators light up when approaching its source.
Original Press Release:
EPRI Has Published a Research Application Story about a New Contact Voltage Sensor.
Here is a brief summary:
To assist electric utilities detect and repair contact voltage, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has developed a new electric field sensor in collaboration with Con Edison of New York and National Grid.
This directional E-Field sensor makes it faster and safer to find inadvertently energized objects and surfaces. The device features an antenna that identifies the charge from any electric field. Users carry it around until some of the LED lights register on the device. The user can then sweep it from side to side and up and down and while approaching the source of the electric field, more LEDs will light up. Con Edison and National Grid have deployed more than 100 of the devices into the field and EPRI is collecting the results of those demonstrations.
Don Kintner
EPRI
dkintner@epri.com
704-595-2506
