Safety System protects operators from electrical shock.
Press Release Summary:
SmartGFI is able to recognize configuration of Device Under Test and automatically enable or disable GFI circuit accordingly. Circuit will shut down high voltage if leakage in excess of 450 microA is detected through grounding circuit. It disables high voltage in less than 1 ms. GFI circuit does not need to be manipulated by operator of instrument and therefore risk of operator error is eliminated. Original Press Release:
SmartGFI(TM) Safety System Now Available in Associated Research, Inc. Electrical Safety Testers
Lake Forest, Illinois, Jan 2002 - Announced today by Associated Research, Inc., is the addition of the new SmartGFI safety system to their line of electrical safety compliance testers. SmartGFI is a safety system that protects the operator from the risk of electrical shock during electrical safety testing.
SmartGFI incorporates patented technology to ensure that maximum protection is provided to the operator. SmartGFI, unlike other GFI systems, when applied to electrical safety testing is able to
recognize the configuration of the Device Under Test (DUT). Most GFI systems are dependent upon the DUT utilizing a floating or ungrounded return. If the return is grounded then the GFI system will not work and the GFI will have to be manually shut off. SmartGFI recognizes the DUT's configuration and automatically enables or disables the GFI circurt accordingly. The SmartGFI circuit will shut down high voltage if leakage in excess of 450microA is detected through the ground circuit. This is a high-speed shutdown circuit that disables the high voltage in less than 1 millisecond.
SmartGFI provides a maximum amount of protection to the operator because SmartGFI's patented technology ensures that the GFI circuit will be active when it is needed. The GFI circuit does not need to be manipulated by the operator of the instrument and therefore the risk of an operator error is eliminated.
SmartGFI was first developed for the Associated Research, Inc. HypotULTRA(TM) II and Quadcheck(TM) II product lines. It also comes standard in the new Associated Research, Inc. Hypot(TM) III manual instruments and OMNIA(TM) series of fully automated safety testers. Associated Research, Inc. developed this new technology in order to provide their customers with the safest electrical safety tester possible. "It is in the best interest of both Associated Research, Inc. and our customers to manufacture electrical safety testing equipment with the maximum amount of protection possible. After all, we feel that it is a service to our customers that our electrical safety testing equipment should be as safe to use as the products that they are testing" said Joe Guerriero Vice President and General Manager of Associated Research, Inc.
