Abstract: Described is an electrical power distribution and monitoring system utilizing electrical heat tracing equipment for purposes of fault detection and maintenance forecasting, the system is intended to replace or augment an existing Electric Heat Trace Distribution Panel, and comprises components for testing, measuring, recording, and displaying a variety of sensors, parameters and components, and to forecast failures and required maintenance in electrical heat trace equipment.

Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring the temperature of equipment, comprising a central digital computer, a MESH communication network, wherein the network feeds signals to the central digital computer, a plurality of heating elements for heating the equipment, temperature sensors adapted to measure the temperature of the equipment, wherein each sensor is adapted to provide a signal representing the temperature of the piece of equipment to which the sensor is associated, to the network, wherein each temperature sensor can also be used to control the electric heaters, a temperature sensor that monitors the ambient temperature of the facility, and current transducers associated with the heaters, to monitor the energy use and current loss of the heaters, wherein the central computer uses the data it receives from the other elements of the monitoring system to determine when the equipment is not at the correct temperature and diagnoses the reason why.