POWER CUT INFORMER VIA FM

Aim and objective

This project mainly aims in delivering the information about power cut in an area to electricity board at once it commences. It works on the principle of FM transmitter and receiver.

VARIOUS STAGES OF OPERATION

Power supply unit Current sensor unit Audio player unit FM transmitter FM receiver Amplifier

Power supply unit

CURRENT SENSOR UNIT

AUDIO PLAYER

RECEIVER

FM TRANSMITTER

WORKING POWER SUPPLY UNIT

The power supply unit consist of a step down transformer and a bridge rectifier. The supply from the main lines are stepped down by a 220/12-0-12 transformer. This AC is converted to DC by bridge rectifier

CURRENT SENSOR
A relay is used as current sensing unit The off state of relay is coupled to the play button of the audio player. When there is a supply the relay is energized and the audio player is left open circuited. When there is a power cut the relay is de energized and it activates the audio player

AUDIO PLAYER AND TRANSMITTER

A mp3 file is created representing the street or area name. repeat option is enabled. As the relay is de energized the play button is activated and the mp3 file is played. The head set port of the mp3 player is connected to the signal input of FM transmitter. The file is transmitted in a specified frequency

FM RECEIVER UNIT
This is placed in the fault clearance block of electricity board It is tuned at the same frequency as that of transmitter Once any information is transmitted in this frequency it is received and clearance can be done at the earliest

CONCLUSION
Thus power cut information is intimated to the line workers once it occurs. Abnormality checks and control area complexities are eliminated. Fault is cleared in short time