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Industrial Wiring Fault Detection System

Md. Maidul Hasan1; Md. Fuad Al Hassan2; Md. Al-Noman Siddique3;
Md. Al Amin4
American International University–Bangladesh

Publication Date: 2025/03/13

Abstract: In our daily lives, we tend to use a variety of electronic devices using a variety of complex electronic components.
All modern appliances have their electrical wires covered with a PVC jacket to protect both the wires and the user from
electric shocks. However, sometimes this protection also causes problems for users. Whenever an internal wire breaks, the
device is rendered inactive and the user cannot easily find out why. Video cameras, halogen floodlights, hand drill bits,
grinders and cutters are powered by connecting a two or three-core cable to a main power supply. Due to long-term use,
the wires of power cables are subjected to mechanical stress and strain, which may lead to internal breakdown at any
point. In three-core cables it seems almost impossible to detect the broken wire and the point of fracture without physically
breaking all three wires hidden inside the PVC casing. Thus, a circuit is designed which can simply detect the exact
location of a broken wire, thus reducing the unnecessary costs for the user.

Keywords: PVC Jacket, Video Cameras, Hand Drillers, Halogen Floodlights, Hand Drillers, 3 Core Cables, Broken Wire E.T.C.

How to Cite: Md. Maidul Hasan; Md. Fuad Al Hassan; Md. Al-Noman Siddique; Md. Al Amin. (2025). Industrial Wiring Fault
Detection System. International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology,
10(2), 2047-2052. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14987857.

I. INTRODUCTION Invisible broken wire detector project by K. Udhaya

Kumaran. iWire: A portable wire detector for small devices
Invisible Broken Wire Detector or Industrial Wiring project by Jeevan S/O Chandrasagaran, University
Fault Detection System Design- which is used to check Technical Malaysia Melaka [3].
broken or disconnected wires inside the walls and it detects
the broken wire by sleuthing the presence of AC voltage Invisible broken wire detector by Dr. Himani Goyal
within the wire. It is terribly troublesome to find the correct Sharma, R.Venu, D.Sandeep, U.Sahithi, Chandan Singh;
location of the broken wire. So to find the accurate International Journal of Advanced Research in Science,
opposition of broken wire this device “Broken wire Engineering, and Technology (IJARSET) [4].
detector” comes very handy which detects broken wire by
detecting the emf generated by alternating current in the  State of the Art Technology: Broken Wire Detector is
wire. With this requirement, this project is an example of eligible for a number of industrial application including
complex engineering problem. hospitals, shopping malls, restaurants, regional retailers,
multinational companies, etc. There are some of the
 Historical Background: practical importance of this project that seems most
In previous days there are so many researches were likely be applicable in the future.
done on this project. In those researches, the project was
designed only to detect the electrical leakage and broken An inverter can be used in between the LED and the
wire by using LED. But there were no applications for oscillator so that it will turn on the LED only when the
detecting the exact location of broken wires. broken point is detected and keeping it off when the wire is
not broken. By making this change the detector will be
 Earlier Research: Recently in 2017, some researchers more user-friendly and it will show the broken point
from University of Nairobi, College of Architecture and directly.
School of Engineering worked on this project. The
project was designed with pMOS and nMOS[1]. A microprocessor can be used in the project to
identify the exact location of broken wires. For this feature,
Invisible broken wire detector project by Nehru we need to use a proper code into the microprocessor for
College of Engineering and Research Centre. In their detecting the leakage. Which will be helpful for future
project, they incorporate both the invisible broken wire and applications.
a short circuit checker [2].

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 The Objective of this Work  Effectiveness: In the case of movement traditional

The basic aim of this project is to locate the exact method is effective than this project.
position of breakage in wires without damaging the
property physically. Thus we can reduce the wastage of  Impact of Project on Society
times as well as resources. Nowadays breakage in the wiring system and
electrical leakage is one of the major problems in our
 The Secondary Objectives of this Project are: country. For this problem people like us feel risky to live in
a building or work in the industry.
 Including a LED on this project for the detecting
purpose of the breakage in the wire system and leakage For solving this problem, we designed this project
of electricity. named the ‘Industrial wiring fault detection system’. To
 Including a microprocessor to show the exact location find the effect on our project on the society we conducted a
of breakage in wire systems on the LED display survey. For making the survey more effective we gave
some project related information in the survey. We have
 Comparison with Traditional Method categorized the survey responders by asking for their
There are some differences between our project and general information. There is total of nine survey questions
traditional methods. and we have gotten data from 58 samples. For evaluating
the questions, we have used Likert scale rating and have for
 Risk Factor: The traditional method is riskier than our options such as yes, no, maybe, no comment with each
project because in this method human laborer has to question. At the beginning of our survey, we asked the
work on this problem to solve and they can be injured names of the responders who responded our survey.
by the electricity flow. So it is quite risky for the human
laborer.  Project Management
 Cost Factor: Basically the cost of traditional method is The project management predicates major tasks and
quite high. With this project, there will be less property milestones of our project. The following tasks are followed
loss than traditional method. for the management of our project.
 Limitations: There are less limitations for detecting the
wiring fault location by this project than the traditional
method.

Fig 1: Gantt Chart of Project Management

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 Organization of Book Chapters The second subparagraph is about the overhead fault
Our project book is in six chapters. These six chapters detection system. Only one equipment named ‘Sentinel’ is
are structured as follows: described briefly and reviewed in this section. The third
subparagraph of this topic was all about the outcomes of
 Chapter-1 is entitled “Introduction”. It represents these equipment and their way of works and about their
overture, historical background, objective of this work, successful outcomes on different sections.
Comparison with traditional method, impact of project
on society, project management, and organization of III. METHODOLOGY AND MODELING
book chapters
 Chapter-2 is designated “Literature Review” with the This chapter is predicated on methodology and
in-depth investigation”. It represents relevant modeling of the project. This chapter includes working
information regarding previous works and development steps involved to complete this project and also brief
related to the project. discussion about the equipment used in this project.
 Chapter-3 is entitled “Methodology and Modeling”. It
represents methodology regarding the project and the A. Methodology of the Project
steps involved in completing the project. The idea and design of our project have been collected
 Chapter-4 is entitled “Implementation of Project”. It from many sources like books, papers, journals, different
represents required equipment for the project, block websites and online tutorials. The idea of our project
diagram, simulation, and system implementation. Industrial Wiring Fault Detection System has been inspired
 Chapter-5 is entitled as “Results Analysis and Critical by the concept of broken wire detection system based
Design Review”. It represents technical data, projects. After choosing the idea we made a circuit diagram
calculation, flow chart and working process of the of our project. Then we began component sourcing with
project reliable prices to reach our goal. After sourcing the
 Chapter-6 is entitled as “Conclusion”. It represents the component, we implemented the complete project after
total summarization of all the previous chapters, many trials and errors.
suggestions for future works for further improving the
project, project finance, limitation of the work and B. Required Equipment for the System
ethical concern. Different types of equipment are used for the
implementation of the project. And the brief discussion
II. LITERATURE REVIEW WITH IN-DEPTH about all the equipment is discussed here.
INVESTIGATION
 UTC CD4069
Wiring fault detection system has been an attractive  BC 547 Transistor
subject for researchers in recent years. Our project’s aim is  Buzzer
to detect the exact location of breakage in wiring system in  9V Battery
architectural places like industries, hospitals, buildings, etc.  LED’s
But in recent years researchers worked on similar projects  Resistors
like our project in a different way. These similar projects  47k Variable Resistor
are such as underground fault detection system, overhead  1N4148 Diode
fault detection system, wiring fault detection system using  Capacitors
pMOS and nMOS, etc. The technological development of
the wiring fault detection system has been reviewed here In this chapter the methodology and the modeling of
with an in-depth investigation. the project are summarized respectively. To complete this
project what types of working steps were involved and
The technological development of the wiring fault what equipment are used in this project were also included
system has been reviewed here with an in-depth with brief description
investigation. The topic divided into three subparagraphs.
IV. IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT
The first subparagraph consisted of a brief history of
the underground fault detection system. Various Types of This chapter is predicated on hardware
equipment are described briefly in this section. Such as: implementation. We have used various types of
components to complete the implementation of our project.
 Coaxial Power Cable with Neutral Bridges Over the In this chapter the implementation of the hardware, block
Splices diagram, circuit diagram, flow chart and simulation process
 Single-Phase PILC Cable with Bonded Grounds in will be shown step by step with brief description. Also the
Conduit step by step process of system implementation will be
 Megger shown.

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A. Block Diagram of the Designed System to the capacitor, diode and transistor. Wires which are used
In our project we have used a nine-volt battery as as sensor in this project are connected with the diode,
power supply. The power supply is connected to the switch through which it is connected to inverter circuit. The signal
through PCB. For switching we have used the transistor BC system is represented by LED into the system which is
547. The PCB is connected with the diode 1N4148 and the connected to the switch.
inverter circuit CD 4069. The inverter circuit is connected

Fig 2: Block Diagram of the System

B. Circuit Diagram of Designed System 547 is used as switch as shown in figure. The sensor is
This whole circuit system of this system is connected represented by wires with the inverter circuit. The diode
to a Power Distribution Board (PCB). There is an inverter 1N4148 has been connected with the input voltage and the
circuit CD 4069 connected into the middle of PCB. A other diode has been connected to the ground as shown in
battery of 9-volt is used as a power supply as shown into figure. The buzzer has been connected with the ground and
the diagram. There are 7 types of resistor which has the LED has been connected to the input through diode.
different values are connected to this system. Transistor BC

Fig 3: Circuit Diagram of the System

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C. Simulation of the Designed Circuit supplies DC power. The pin 1 into inverter circuit has been
The circuit simulator software “Proteus Design Suite connected with the sensor as input. Pin number 10 is set
Version 8.9” have been used to design the simulation of with the buzzer as output. When the simulation is running,
this system. The full circuit of the detection system is we have changed the frequency using potentiometer to
designed with Hex inverter, one nine-volt battery which detect error time by time.

Fig 4: Simulation of the Designed Circuit

D. System Implementation V. CONCLUSION

Many steps had been taken during the system
implementation. The final implemented project industrial The industrial wiring fault recognition system
wiring fault detection system is given below: developed in this project effectively deals with the
challenge of localizing electrical wiring breakage without
causing physical damage. Traditional methods for
identifying faults are often time consuming, costly and
form a significant risk to human labor. By using
components such as LEDs and sensors, our systems
improve efficiency, accuracy and safety when detecting
wire errors.

This project illustrates the practical implementation of

an invisible stock market cable detector that uses modern
electronic components and methods to provide a cheap and
reliable solution. Through simulation and hardware
implementation, we verified the effectiveness of designs in
a variety of industrial applications, including buildings,
hospitals, and factories.

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