Topic
Bootleg ground
About: Bootleg ground is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1 publications have been published within this topic. The topic is also known as: false ground.
Papers
Patent•
5 Nov 2020
TL;DR: In this paper, a system for detecting reversed polarity bootleg ground wiring configurations of an electrical outlet is described, where a test transmitter and a test receiver are configured to detect a ping generated by the test transmitter, and determine whether the ping is received via a proper receptacle of an outlet.
Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for detecting reversed polarity bootleg ground wiring configurations of an electrical outlet are disclosed. For at least one embodiment, a system in includes a test transmitter and a test receiver. The test receiver being configured to detect a ping generated by the test transmitter and determine whether the ping is received via a proper receptacle of an outlet being tested. The system also includes a test receiver configured to determine is a bootleg ground configuration exists using one of time domain reflectometry and/or a resistance based measurement approach. A method for testing an outlet includes one or both of testing for reversed polarity and bootleg ground configurations.
Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 |