A frontier proposal with a validation plan, not an implemented detector.
Intended capability
Research whether the field could support this proposed outcome: Weeks-ahead warning of failing switchgear connections in substations and MCC rooms by detecting the electromagnetic and micro-mechanical fingerprints of incipient arcing.
This describes the intended outcome. Readiness is research concept, evidence is class C, and a catalog mapping or recording is not proof of this outcome at a real site.
Solution blueprint
See the environment before installing it.
This exact kit is one of 191 first-class designs. It includes geometry, objects, nodes, wording, scenarios, installation, limitations, and catalog-bound readiness.
No rendered revision is available yet.
Bundled recording
A related Industrial scene
This is one recorded vertical scenario. It is not separate validation of every capability in the catalog.
01 The physics
Two coupled observables: (1) partial discharge and micro-arcing emit broadband impulsive RF that raises the CSI noise floor and injects non-thermal amplitude outliers correlated with load cycles; (2) loose, overheating busbar connections and magnetostrictive panel buzz produce in-band structural micro-vibration (panel rattle sub-40Hz) that grows as the joint degrades. Neither is visible to thermal imaging until late.
02 Shared processing path
CSI noise-floor statistics + micro-Doppler panel-vibration lines (stage 2) -> adaptive PCA + MVE anomaly manifold per cabinet with rolling baseline (stage 3) -> compartment CUSUM over days/weeks keyed to load-correlated growth (stage 6).
This is a capability design path. Components may be shared with other catalog entries; it is not presented as a unique algorithm.
03 Validation plan
Own-hardware: ESP32 nodes inside a substation room, seeded experiment with a controllable spark-gap / loose-lug test rig at increasing severity; correlate anomaly score against ultrasonic PD detector ground truth.
04 Commercial hypothesis
An always-on arc-flash early-warning layer for unmanned substations — sold to the electrical asset manager as 'the room that hears its own switchgear failing.'