Patent ID: 9590418
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G01R,G08B,G09G,H02H

Claim:
1. An apparatus for checking damage to a surge protector and automatically changing a surge protector, comprising: a casing of a specific shape; a current inflow unit placed within the casing and supplied with an external current; a current discharge unit placed within the casing and configured to supply an inflow current to an electronic device outside the casing; a plurality of surge protectors placed between the current inflow unit and the current discharge unit in parallel, selectively connected to the current inflow unit, and supplied with an electric current; a relay placed between the current inflow unit and the plurality of surge protectors and configured to selectively connect the surge protectors to the current inflow unit; and a surge protector damage check unit configured to check whether a surge protector connected to the current inflow unit has been damaged by supply a voltage between the current inflow unit and the current discharge unit, wherein the surge protector damage check unit comprises: a check voltage application unit connected to the current inflow unit and configured to apply a check voltage, a check voltage detection unit connected to the current discharge unit and configured to detect a voltage passing through the surge protector, and a replacement signal generation unit configured to compare the voltage detected by the check voltage detection unit with a reference voltage, generate a replacement signal for a surge protector connected between the current inflow unit and the current discharge unit if, as a result of the comparison, the detected voltage is found to be lower than the reference voltage, and supply the replacement signal to the relay