Patent ID: 7091723
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical circuit testing device comprising: a primary circuit tester including a main housing having a first end including a plurality of electrodes and a second end having a display member, wherein said plurality of electrodes are adapted to matingly engage with a standard household receptacle with said display member providing information relating to parameters associated with the standard household receptacle; and an AFCI circuit test module including a main body portion, a plug portion having a plurality of prongs adapted to matingly engage with a standard three-prong receptacle, a probe receiving portion including a plurality of openings formed in the main body portion for receiving and electrically interconnecting the plurality of electrodes of the primary circuit tester with the plug portion of the AFCI circuit test module, an AFCI test circuit for testing AFCI protected circuits, an AFCI circuit provided in the main body portion for providing arc fault protection to an unprotected electrical circuit, and an AFCI test actuator provided on the main body portion for initiating a test of an AFCI protected circuit wherein, upon engaging the plug portion with an AFCI protected receptacle, activation of the AFCI test actuator tests the operation of the AFCI protected circuit through the AFCI test circuit.