A low or medium voltage switchgear monitoring system, comprising: - at least one sensor; - a processing unit; and - an output unit; wherein the at least one sensor comprises a microphone; wherein, the at least one sensor is configured to acquire sensor data within a compartment of a switchgear; wherein, the sensor data comprises first sensor data, and wherein the first sensor data comprises a first acoustic recording; wherein, the sensor data comprises second sensor data, wherein the second sensor data comprises a second acoustic recording, and wherein the second sensor data was acquired a set time after the first sensor data; wherein, the at least one sensor is configured to provide the first sensor data and the second sensor data to the processing unit; wherein, the processing unit is configured to determine status information for the compartment of the switchgear, the determination comprising a comparison of the second sensor data to the first sensor data and wherein the status information indicates that a change event in the compartment of the switchgear has occurred based on a determination that a change between the first sensor data and the second sensor data is greater than a threshold; and wherein, the output unit is configured to output the status information. - at least one sensor; - a processing unit; and - an output unit; wherein the at least one sensor comprises a microphone; wherein, the at least one sensor is configured to acquire sensor data within a compartment of a switchgear; wherein, the sensor data comprises first sensor data, and wherein the first sensor data comprises a first acoustic recording; wherein, the sensor data comprises second sensor data, wherein the second sensor data comprises a second acoustic recording, and wherein the second sensor data was acquired a set time after the first sensor data; wherein, the at least one sensor is configured to provide the first sensor data and the second sensor data to the processing unit; wherein, the processing unit is configured to determine status information for the compartment of the switchgear, the determination comprising a comparison of the second sensor data to the first sensor data and wherein the status information indicates that a change event in the compartment of the switchgear has occurred based on a determination that a change between the first sensor data and the second sensor data is greater than a threshold; and wherein, the output unit is configured to output the status information. wherein the at least one sensor comprises a microphone; wherein, the at least one sensor is configured to acquire sensor data within a compartment of a switchgear; wherein, the sensor data comprises first sensor data, and wherein the first sensor data comprises a first acoustic recording; wherein, the sensor data comprises second sensor data, wherein the second sensor data comprises a second acoustic recording, and wherein the second sensor data was acquired a set time after the first sensor data; wherein, the at least one sensor is configured to provide the first sensor data and the second sensor data to the processing unit; wherein, the processing unit is configured to determine status information for the compartment of the switchgear, the determination comprising a comparison of the second sensor data to the first sensor data and wherein the status information indicates that a change event in the compartment of the switchgear has occurred based on a determination that a change between the first sensor data and the second sensor data is greater than a threshold; and wherein, the output unit is configured to output the status information.