Improved Electrically Operated Ground and Test Device (GTD)

Eaton Corporation Engineering, 2017-18

Liaison(s): Logan Weigle, Koustubh Ashtekar, Brad Leccia, Tyler Holp
Advisor(s): Patrick Little
Students(s): Lupe Carlos (TL-S), Thomas Morgan-Witts (TL-F), Kathryn Belling (F), Morgan Blevins (F), Bella Puentes (S), Matthew Huerta (S), Christopher McElroy (S)

Eaton Corp manufactures high voltage circuit breakers and related electrical safety devices. Ground and Test Devices (GTD) are used to ground the line or load side of the power bus bars for maintenance activities. The Eaton Clinic Team has been enlisted to improve design flaws in a GTD that was pulled from the market when updated standards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) were released.