Patent ID: 8861154
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: H01H,H02H

Abstract:
1. A device for interrupting a flow of electrical power in an electrical distribution system, the device comprising: a sensor operably coupled to the electrical distribution system, the sensor configured to generate a signal during operation in response to an electrical fault; a switching mechanism coupled to the electrical distribution system, the switching mechanism movable between an open position and a closed position; a controller operably coupled to the sensor and the switching mechanism, the controller having a processor that is responsive to executable computer instructions when executed on the processor incrementing a first counter in a first mode of operation and a second counter in a second mode of operation, wherein the current flows through the switching mechanism in a first direction in the first mode of operation and in a second opposing direction in the second mode of operation; and, wherein the processor is further responsive to executable computer instructions for switching from the first mode to the second mode in response to the signal from the sensor.