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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1998
Robert J Clarey, Mt. Lebanon, PA (US);
Joseph Charles Engel, Monroeville, PA (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Circuit breakers in an electric power distribution system, such as in a residence or a light commercial facility, are remotely reclosed using a power line communications system such as an X10 or CEBus system, which transmits a reclose signal over the power conductors to a recloser controlling the separable contacts of the circuit breaker in the load center. A remote master unit which generates the reclose signal is connected to an unaffected branch circuit, preferably by plugging into a receptacle located in a convenient part of the house or office remote from the load center. The reclosers may be addressed individually or globally.