Will an RCBO function with a modified sine wave inverter? – Electrical Expert Witness

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Good morning,

This is an ‘RCBO’, a ‘residual current breaker with overload protection’, fundamentally is an electrical ‘fault’ protection device.

An RCBO is a hybrid protection device having the protective functions of a Miniature Circuit Breaker (‘MCB’) and a Residual Current Device (‘RCD’).

I’ve travelled this morning, to collect this RCBO since I have a ‘final’ test to undertake when investigating the compatibility of a modified sine wave inverter with a portable ventilator. I have written of this matter before, concerning a fatality within an ambulance due to failure of the ventilator.

It has taken some time to draw conclusions of compatibility, but it so happens that within the electrical circuit of the inverter and ventilator, connected between the output of the inverter and input of the ventilator was an RCBO.

An RCBO and for that matter a RCD, function by monitoring the electrical current drawn from an electrical energy source and that returned to the source. In the normal case the drawn and return components, in magnitude, should be the same. However if they differ, the device detects the abnormality and operates, …’trips’.

So given the modified sine wave electrical energy source, a poor representation of a standard sine wave, it could be that on the day of the fatality, the RCBO had tripped, hence the need for investigation.

What do you think the outcome of the investigation will be?

Answers on a fag packet to, …

Dr. R

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About Dr Robert Brown:
Eur Ing Dr Robert Brown (Robert) is the Executive Director of Fraser George and Associates Limited and is a Consultant and Forensic Engineer in the fields Electrical, Electronic and Control Engineering.

Robert is an accomplished professional Electrical Expert Witness having prepared and presented many court compliant reports and presented oral evidence within the High Court, Crown Courts, Magistrates and County Courts.

Robert is a registered Chartered Electrical Engineer, specialising in the fields of control engineering, parameter data capture and accurate data ‘representation’. Robert graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a first-class honours degree in Electronic Systems and Control Engineering and followed this by completing doctorate research in Electrical Engineering, again at Sheffield Hallam University where Robert undertook research studies in the field of Disintegration and Arcing in Electrical Fuses. Robert is now considered to be a leading world expert in the field of electrical circuit protection systems, the phenomena of electrical fuse operation and the attributes of clearing ‘fault’ electrical current circumstances. Robert has published pure and applied research studies in peer-refereed journals and at conference. Robert has appeared several times on national television presenting expert opinion in consumer affairs related stories.

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