Patent ID: 8896250
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: F02C,F05D,H02H

Abstract:
1. A method to avoid a single point of failure in a system that includes at least two monitoring devices, at least two power supplies and a switching device coupled between the at least two monitoring devices and the at least two power supplies, the method comprising: performing a test comprising: determining whether an amount of the component of electrical power provided by the first power supply during the first cycle or the component of electrical power provided by the second power supply during the second cycle is equal to or less than a minimum value; generating an error code when at least one of the component of electrical power provided by the first power supply during the first cycle and the component of electrical power provided by the second power supply during the second cycle the is equal to or less than a minimum value; and varying a position of one or more switches in the switching device based on the error code.