ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMITTING DEVICE

摘要

Current inrush limiting apparatus is disclosed including a power supply circuit (32) which regulates the transmission of power from a source (12) to a load (14). A soft start control (36) controls the power supply to prevent excessive current inrush to the load by causing it to apply power to the load gradually when the power first comes on. A dropout timer (38) monitors the power signal and rapidly resets the soft start control circuit if a power dropout exceeds a predetermined minimum duration. This ensures that excessive current inrush also does not occur following brief power dropouts.