Patent ID: 6563233
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
A control for use with a main power supply, having an operative state and an inoperative state, and a standby power supply, having an active state and an inactive state, comprising, in combination:a main panelboard feeding to a first group of branches and at least one feeder branch; a standby panelboard feeding a second group of branches and at least one feedback branch; and a transfer switch responsive to said main power supply; said transfer switch (a) connecting said main power supply to said main panelboard, (b) disconnecting said standby power supply from said standby panelboard, (c) coupling said feeder branch to said standby panelboard, (d) de-coupling said feedback branch from said main panelboard, and (e) maintaining said inactive state of said standby supply in response to said operative state; said transfer switch (a) disconnecting said main supply from said main panelboard, (b) connecting said standby supply to said standby panelboard, (c) de-coupling said feeder branch from said standby panelboard, (d) coupling said feedback branch to said main panelboard, and (e) maintaining said active state of said standby supply in response to said inoperative state; said first group of branches being powered by said main power supply through said transfer switch whenever said main power supply is in said operative state; said second group of branches being powered by said main power supply through said feeder branch and said transfer switch whenever said main power supply is in said operative state; said second group of branches being powered by said standby power supply through said transfer switch whenever said main power supply is in said inoperative state; at least one of said first group of branches being selectively powered by said standby power supply through said feedback branch and said transfer switch whenever said main power supply is in said inoperative state.