Patent ID: 9513275
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G01N

Claim Text:
1. A system for detecting early stage electrical component problems comprising: an oil quality analysis device configured to determine an oil quality of an oil of an electrical component in response to periodic sampling; a dissolved gas analysis device configured to determine dissolved gases in the oil of the electrical component in response to periodic sampling; and an analysis device configured to process and analyze the oil quality determined by the oil quality analysis device and the dissolved gases determined by the dissolved gas analysis device, the analysis device further configured to determine whether there are problems in the electrical component based on predetermined user configurable parameters, wherein the analysis device is further configured to determine a trend in at least one of the quality of the oil and the dissolved gases in the oil; wherein the analysis device is further configured to determine whether at least one of the quality of the oil and the dissolved gases in the oil exceed discrete limits and/or show an increasing trend; and wherein the analysis device is further configured to at least one of communicate and notify when at least one of the trend is unacceptable and when discrete limits have been exceeded.