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Howard G Clark, Iii

Larry L Kinder

A method and apparatus for providing power in an electrical system is disclosed. The electrical system comprises: a poly-phase electrical source; a plurality of transformers coupled to each other, where each phase of the poly-phase source is coupled to a transformer within the plurality. The electrical system further comprises a plurality of loads, where each load is coupled to a tap point on one of the transformers and where the transformers are capable of being severed at their common connections and coupled to a neutral line.

Method and apparatus for providing power in an electrical system

A power control system includes a power reduction module operable to reduce power to a connected load, a switching module operable to selectively transfer power directly to the load or to the power reduction module, a harmonic reduction module connected to an output of the power reduction module for reducing signal harmonics from power transferred to the load, a controller linked to the switching module to provide control signals, a resistor coupled between the switching module and the power reduction module, and a resistor voltage monitor coupled between the switching module and the resistor, wherein the resistor voltage monitor measures a voltage across the resistor and sends voltage measurement data to the controller. A method for a power control system to reduce power consumption of a load is also disclosed.

Method and apparatus for power control

A method and apparatus is disclosed to reduce power consumption of a load. In one embodiment a power control system selectively routes power directly to a load or to a power reduction device. A delay may occur prior to introduction of the power reduction device to fully energize the load. The power reduction device may operate in conjunction with signal modification device. The signal modification device modifies the signal provided to the load to achieve desired operation of the load. In one embodiment the power reduction device comprises a step-down transformer and the signal modification device comprises a capacitor. In one embodiment the power reduction device is selected to remove unwanted frequency components from the signal provide to the load. In various other embodiments the power control system may be configured to stagger start the load to minimize the peak draw of the load.

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Howard G Clark, Iii