Patent ID: 8704634

Claim:
A system for at least one of creating and collecting data from an electric power device which contains a cooling or operating liquid, and storing and providing access to the data, the system comprising: a sensing device mounted on the electric power device, the sensing device including a microprocessor/microcontroller, a memory, a display panel, an input panel, and a tag read and write apparatus; a sampling container configured for holding a liquid sample to be taken from the electric power device; a container tag mounted on the sampling container, the container tag including a detachable sensor unit configured to measure a temperature of the liquid sample when the liquid sample has been taken; and a remote laboratory unit, wherein the tag read and write apparatus is configured to use a wireless communication link, when a liquid sample has been taken from the electric power device, to transmit, to the container tag, (i) administrative data denoting the electric power device, and (ii) diagnosis data denoting the sample taken, the diagnosis data containing at least one of comments and observations about the temperature of the liquid sample that has been taken; wherein the input panel of the sensing device is configured to receive an input of the diagnosis data of the liquid sample that has been taken, wherein the sensor unit of the container tag is configured to store the administrative data and diagnosis data transmitted to the container tag, and wherein the container tag is configured to transmit the administrative data and diagnosis data to the remote laboratory unit when the sampling container is transported to the remote laboratory unit to enable a detailed diagnosis of the liquid sample based on the administrative data and diagnosis data stored in the container tag.