Patent ID: 7646308

Claim:
A system for monitoring electrical equipment and providing predictive diagnostics therefor, said system comprising: a number of sensors located at or about said electrical equipment, said number of sensors being structured to sense information pertaining to operation of said electrical equipment; a first processor located at or about said electrical equipment, said first processor being structured to receive said sensed information from said number of sensors as first information; a first transceiver cooperating with said first processor to transmit said first information as transmitted information; a second processor located remote from said electrical equipment; and a second transceiver cooperating with said first transceiver to receive said transmitted information as second information and communicate the same to said second processor, wherein said second processor is structured to provide at least one of: (a) a notification pertaining to an immediate inspection and/or maintenance of said electrical equipment; and (b) a number of set points operatively associated with said sensed information, said number of set points pertaining to a number of potential alarms regarding operation of said electrical equipment; and wherein said second processor is further structured to cooperate with said second transceiver to transmit said number of set points to said first transceiver as a number of transmitted set points; wherein said first transceiver is structured to receive said number of transmitted set points as a number of received set points; and wherein said first processor is further structured to compare a number of said first information to said number of received set points and provide a number of alarms regarding operation of said electrical equipment.