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DC Ground fault detector wherein fault is sensed by noting imbalance of magnetic flux in a magnetic core

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A dc ground fault detector in which ground fault is sensed by noting an imbalance of magnetic flux due to a pair of windings on a toroidal core is described in this article.
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A dc ground fault detector in which ground fault is sensed by noting an imbalance of magnetic flux due to a pair of windings on a toroidal core.

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