Method and apparatus for monitoring transient electrical strikes

摘要

A transient electrical energy strike detector is disclosed. The detector may be integral with the circuitry of a fire alarm panel of a fire alarm system and may identify and record transient electrical energy strikes sustained by the electrical protection circuitry of the system. Particularly, voltage fluctuations in the fire alarm panel circuitry that are outside of a predefined operating voltage range may be identified by the pulse detector as representing transient electrical energy strikes. The pulse detector may increment a counter upon the occurrence of each identified transient energy strike, and may maintain a comprehensive record of such strikes in a memory unit, including a magnitude, duration, time, and date of each strike.

主权项

1. A device for monitoring transient electrical energy strikes sustained by a circuit, the device comprising:
a processor operatively coupled to the circuit, the processor configured to increment a counter when the circuit is subjected to a transient electrical energy strike; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, the memory configured to store transient electrical energy strike data from the processor; wherein the data stored in the memory includes a time and date of each identified transient electrical energy strike.