US 11,867,722 B1
Remote detection of electrical fault via electrically conductive fluid probe
Joseph Caba, Covington, LA (US)
Filed by Joseph Caba, Covington, LA (US)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/148,318.
Application 18/148,318 is a continuation of application No. 16/952,545, filed on Nov. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,549,967.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,962, filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Int. Cl. G01R 1/04 (2006.01); G01R 1/067 (2006.01); G01R 1/073 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2020.01); G01R 31/27 (2006.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01); B63B 79/30 (2020.01); G01R 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 1/06783 (2013.01) [B63B 79/30 (2020.01); G01R 31/008 (2013.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of detecting an electrical leak, comprising:
(a) providing a voltage on item which is believed to have an electrical short or fault;
(b) providing a electrical short or fault detector, the detector comprises:
(i) a body, the body having an interior and an outlet fluidly connected to the interior,
(ii) a volume of electrically conductive liquid contained in the interior, and
(iii) a conductor electrically connected to the electrically conductive liquid;
(c) electrically connecting the conductor to the item believed to have an electrical short or fault;
(d) causing a stream of electrically conductive liquid from the outlet to the item believed to have an electrical short or fault; and
(e) during step “d”, an electrical current running through the stream of electrically conductive liquid to close a short circuit and issuing a signal indicating a fault or short regarding the item believed to have an electrical short or fault.