Electric load distributor
First Claim
1. In an electric distribution system including a panel having a plurality of circuits, a power supply to said panel, and a plurality of loads connected to said plurality of circuits, a first load of said plurality of loads being the only load on a first circuit of said plurality of circuits, and a second load of said plurality of loads being the only load on a second circuit of said plurality of circuits, the improvements comprising a load distributor connected into said first circuit and said second circuit, said load distributor including a first circuit interrupting means for interrupting said first circuit between sad panel and said load, and a second circuit interrupting means for interrupting said second circuit between said panel and said second load, and disabling means for causing said second circuit interrupting means to interrupt said second circuit while said first circuit is completed to said first load, said disabling means including detecting means for determining when said first circuit is completed to said first load, and switch means responsive to said detecting means for interrupting said second circuit.
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Abstract
A load distributor for an electric power system having a plurality of loads, each of the loads having a priority level, the load distributor including a first disabling means operable by a first load having a first priority level for disabling at least one other load having a lower priority level. The load distributor may further include second disabling means operable by a second load having a second priority level for disabling another load having a lower priority level, the second load and other load being some of the aforementioned plurality of loads. A thermostat or other variable device may be included in one or more of the loads for selectively varying the priority level of the load.
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- 1. In an electric distribution system including a panel having a plurality of circuits, a power supply to said panel, and a plurality of loads connected to said plurality of circuits, a first load of said plurality of loads being the only load on a first circuit of said plurality of circuits, and a second load of said plurality of loads being the only load on a second circuit of said plurality of circuits, the improvements comprising a load distributor connected into said first circuit and said second circuit, said load distributor including a first circuit interrupting means for interrupting said first circuit between sad panel and said load, and a second circuit interrupting means for interrupting said second circuit between said panel and said second load, and disabling means for causing said second circuit interrupting means to interrupt said second circuit while said first circuit is completed to said first load, said disabling means including detecting means for determining when said first circuit is completed to said first load, and switch means responsive to said detecting means for interrupting said second circuit.
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