Platinum Tools has launched its Fault Trapper smart tester. The TFT100 is now shipping, with an MSRP of $599.00.
“The time of guessing about circuit breaker tripping issues is now over,” said George Jang, Platinum Tools product manager. “With Fault Trapper, you can now detect the type of fault, timestamp when the fault happens, and locate the position of an electrical ‘event’ that caused intermittent/persistent circuit breaker trips and No Fault Found (NFF) conditions…the critical information needed to reduce call backs for circuit breaker trips.”
The TFT100 Fault Trapper monitors live circuits to detect faults when traditional methods fail to find them. The device runs on the power from the circuit until the circuit breaker trips. It captures time and distance to opens, shorts, and arc faults, saving the event information in memory for later investigation. The last faults can be viewed off-line using battery power.
“The Fault Trapper is very unique as it can detect faults that both trip and don’t trip circuit breakers,” Jang continued. “If the circuit breaker trips, the backup battery powers the Fault Trapper to allow for an orderly shutdown. The last faults can be viewed using the battery power.”
The Fault Trapper tester allows unattended monitoring of dedicated circuits for NFF conditions. Just set it up, press the Start button to begin monitoring and walk away. Come back later or the next day to find out the why-when-and-where of circuit breaker trips and NFF conditions.”
Features and specifications of the TFT100 Fault Trapper include:
- Allows unattended monitoring to identify electrical events
- Identifies opens, shorts, and arc faults
- In-line monitoring of dedicated circuits up to 300 VAC and 40 amps
- Fault location reported as distance from Fault Trapper™ in feet/meters
- Simple user interface – backlit LCD display and three button operation
- Back-up battery allows capture of breaker trips/unpowered display of results
- Quickly plugs in with no cutting, stripping, or splicing; plug in with existing wiring
- Runs on in-line power in monitor mode
- Easy installation; connects to a 120V/240V AC circuit between the tripped circuit breaker and the load
- Small; fits inside the electrical panel for extended monitoring
- TUV-tested, CE-compliant
“Now you can find intermittent faults that trip circuit breakers by detecting the fault type and location,” said Jang. “When other testers are telling you ‘No Fault Found’, you can find them with the Fault Trapper.”
Fault Trapper was named to the Top Products 2016 by Electrical Product Solutions.
