METHOD FOR TESTING THE FREE TRIGGERING BEHAVIOR OF A MECHANICALLY ACTIVATED POWER SWITCH AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAID METHOD

摘要

The invention relates to a method for testing the free triggering behavior of a mechanically activated power switch in which the power switch is given a switch-on command having a command duration that is at least precisely as long as the total of a switch-on time and a switch-off time of the power switch, wherein the switch-on time is the amount of time required by the power switch from the beginning of the activation of the switch-on operating means until the switched-on state has been realized, and the switch-off time is the amount of time required by the switched-on power switch from the beginning of the activation of a switch-off operating means until the switched-off state has been realized. According to the invention, within the activation time of the operating means for switching on the power switch before the switched-on state is realized, the switch-off command is given with at least the switch-off time and an analysis is made as to whether the power switch is in the switched-off state.