Patent ID: 7307429
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for testing an arc fault circuit interrupter with an arc fault generator having an input and an output, said arc fault circuit interrupter having a line side and a load side downstream of said line side, said apparatus comprising: a first electrical connector structured to be electrically connected to the load side of said arc fault circuit interrupter; a second electrical connector structured to be electrically connected to the input of said arc fault generator; a third electrical connector structured to be electrically connected to the output of said arc fault generator; a plurality of fourth electrical connectors structured to be electrically connected to at least one of a plurality of masking loads; a fifth electrical connector structured to be electrically connected to another load; and a selector switch structured to provide a plurality of different configurations of at least said arc fault generator and said at least one of a plurality of masking loads downstream of the load side of said arc fault circuit interrupter.