Patent ID: 7492064
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. An outdoor lighting system for connection to a primary power cable comprising: (1) a junction box having a waterproof enclosure, said waterproof enclosure being electrically connected to said primary power cable; (2) a luminaire pole having a luminaire cable; (3) a breakaway cable fixably connected into said waterproof enclosure at one end and to said luminaire pole at its other end; (4) a load cable electrically connected into said junction box at one end and electrically connected to said luminaire cable at its other end; (5) a means for switching off the power supplied from said junction box to said load cable in response to the displacement of said luminaire pole, said switching means being housed within said waterproof enclosure and said switching means being electrically connected to said load cable intermediate said primary power cable and said luminaire cable.