System for managing electrical consumption

• US 20070024264A1
• Filed: 07/19/2006
• Published: 02/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DMI Manufacturing Inc.
• Original Assignee: DMI Manufacturing Inc.
• Inventors: Lestician, Guy
• Granted Patent: US 7,573,253 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 323/355
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 27/343 Preventing or reducing surge voltages; oscillations
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 30/16 Toroidal transformers
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 37/00 Fixed inductances not covered by group H01F17/00

Abstract

A system for managing electrical consumption includes a connecting means for connection to an incoming power supply of a facility, for connection in parallel, including a hot line and a neutral line, and at least one ground. The following components are connected between the hot line and the neutral line. They are connected in the order of at least one front capacitor of predetermined capacitance, at least one front arc suppressor, at least one front metal oxide varistor line transient voltage surge suppressor having a predetermined number of joules capability to suppress undesired power spikes, at least two inductor/metal oxide varistor iterative transformers, at least a second capacitor of its own predetermined capacitance, at least one metal oxide varistor having a predetermined number of joules capability and at least two capacitors, each having its own predetermined capacitance different form one another.

Claims

1. A system for managing electrical consumption, which comprises:

a.) connecting means for connection to an incoming power supply of a facility, for connection in parallel, including a hot line and a neutral line, and at least one ground, and having the following components connected between said hot line and said neutral line, in the following order;

b.) at least one front capacitor of predetermined capacitance;

c.) at least one front arc suppressor;

d.) at least one front metal oxide varistor line transient voltage surge suppressor having a predetermined number of joules capability to suppress undesired power spikes;

e.) at least two inductor/metal oxide varistor iterative transformers;

f) at least a second capacitor of its own predetermined capacitance;

g.) at least one metal oxide varistor having a predetermined number of joules capability;

h.) at least two capacitors, each having its own predetermined capacitance different from one another.

2. The system for managing electrical consumption device of claim 1 wherein said at least one front metal oxide varistor is a plurality of varistors in parallel.

3. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 1 wherein said at least one metal oxide varistor is a phlrality of varistors in parallel

4. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 1 wherein said at least one capacitor is a plurality of capacitors having different capacitances.

5. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 1 wherein said components are arranged for operating as a single phase device.

6. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 1 further including the following components:

i.) at least one resistor having a predetermined resistance.

7. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 1 wherein said components are duplicated to create two connected sets thereof and are arranged for operation as a two phase device.

8. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 7 further including the following components:

i.) at least one resistor having a predetermined resistance.

9. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 1 wherein said components are triplicated therein to form three connected sets thereof and are arranged as a three phase device, and further wherein each set of said triplicated components last at least two capacitors is at least three capacitors, each having its own predetermined capacitance different from one another.

10. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 9 further including the following components:

i.) at least one resistor having a predetermined resistance.

16. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 1 wherein said at least two inductor/metal oxide varistor iterative transformers include a dual iterative transformer having:

I.) a first circular magnetic coil core;

II.) a second circular magnetic coil core;

III.) a first incoming wire being wrapped in a first plurality of windings around approximately half of said first circular magnetic coil core and then traversing a predetermined distance between and to said second circular magnetic coil core and then being wrapped in a second plurality of windings around approximately half of said second circular magnetic coil core and continuing away from said second circular magnetic coil core;

IV.) a second incoming wire being positioned along one half of the external periphery of said first circular magnetic coil core and under said first plurality of windings of said first incoming wire, and then passing linearly to said second circular magnetic coil core and then being wrapped in a first plurality of windings around approximately half of said second circular magnetic coil core away from and opposite said first incoming wire second plurality of windings, and then linearly returning to said first circular magnetic coil core and being wrapped in a second plurality of windings around approximately half of said first circular magnetic coil core away from and opposite said first plurality of windings of said first incoming wire, and then being wrapped in a third plurality of windings around said first incoming wire away form and between said first circular magnetic coil core and said second circular magnetic coil core, and then being positioned along one half of the external periphery of said second circular magnetic coil core under said first incoming wire second plurality of windings.

11. A dual iterative transformer, which comprises:

a.) a first circular magnetic coil core;

b.) a second circular magnetic coil core;

c.) a first incoming wire being wrapped in a first plurality of windings around approximately half of said first circular magnetic coil core and then traversing a predetermined distance between and to said second circular magnetic coil core and then being wrapped in a second phurality of windings around approximately half of said second circular magnetic coil core and continuing away from said second circular magnetic coil core;

d.) a second incoming wire being positioned along one half of the external periphery of said first circular magnetic coil core and under said first plurality of windings of said first incoming wire, and then passing linearly to said second circular magnetic coil core and then being wrapped in a first plurality of windings around approximately half of said second circular magnetic coil core away from and opposite said first incoming wire second plurality of windings, and then linearly returning to said first circular magnetic coil core and being wrapped in a second plurality of windings around approximately half of said first circular magnetic coil core away from and opposite said first plurality of windings of said first incoming wire, and then being wrapped in a third plurality of windings around said first incoming wire away form and between said first circular magnetic coil core and said second circular magnetic coil core, and then being positioned along one half of the external periphery of said second circular magnetic coil core under said first incoming wire second plurality of windings.

12. The dual iterative transformer of claim 11 wherein said first circular magnetic coil core and said second circular magnetic coil core are toroids of equal size.

13. The dual iterative transformer of claim 11 wherein said second incoming wire, after its first plurality of windings and before its second plurality of windings, is semi-circularly positioned atop said first plurality of windings of said first incoming wire first plurality of windings.

14. The dual iterative transformer of claim 11 wherein said first incoming wire is a black or colored wire having an inductance within the range of 1.0 to 1.15 millihenries, plus or minus five percent and the second incoming wire is a white wire having an inductance of about 1.05 millihenries, plus or minus ten percent.

15. The dual iterative transformer of claim 11 wherein said first incoming wire and said second incoming wire are 10 to 6 gauge wires.

17. A device for multiple dual iterative transformers, which comprises a main housing having a plurality of bins, each of said plurality of bins having a dual iterative transformer including:

a.) a first circular magnetic coil core;

b.) a second circular magnetic coil core;

c.) a first incoming wire being wrapped in a first plurality of windings around approximately half of said first circular magnetic coil core and then traversing a predetermined distance between and to said second circular magnetic coil core and then being wrapped in a second plurality of windings around approximately half of said second circular magnetic coil core and continuing away from said second circular magnetic coil core;

d.) a second incoming wire being positioned along one half of the external periphery of said first circular magnetic coil core and under said first plurality of windings of said first incoming wire, and then passing linearly to said second circular magnetic coil core and then being wrapped in a first plurality of windings around approxinately half of said second circular magnetic coil core away from and opposite said first incoming wire second plurality of windings, and then linearly returning to said first circular magnetic coil core and being wrapped in a second plurality of windings around approxiately half of said first circular magnetic coil core away from and opposite said first plurality of windings of said first incoming wire, and then being wrapped in a third plurality of windings around said first incoming wire away form and between said first circular magnetic coil core and said second circular magnetic coil core, and then being positioned along one half of the external periphery of said second circular magnetic coil core under said first incoming wire second plurality of windings;

Said plurality of bins having divider walls between each of said dual iterative transformers that includes a conductive metal plate having opposite sides covered with a non-conductive material.

18. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 17 wherein said divider walls include grounded aluminum plates.

19. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 18 wherein said non-conductive materials are composite deck boards.

20. The system for managing electrical consumption of claim 19 wherein said divider walls include a grounded aluminum plate sandwiched between insulative composite deck boards wherein each insulative composite deck board is about 1/16^th to 3/16^th inches thick.