Patent ID: 6430518
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A method of monitoring performance of a plurality of electrical loads supplied by a common electrical circuit comprising the steps of:sensing electrical characteristics of the common circuit supplying the plurality of electrical loads from a central location along the common electrical circuit that is remote to at least some of the plurality of electrical loads supplied by the common electrical circuit; transmitting information identifying individual electrical loads that undergo a change in load condition from individual locations proximate to the individual electrical loads and remote to the central location along the common electrical circuit; associating the sensed electrical characteristics of the common electrical circuit with the individual electrical loads identified by the transmitted information by combining information sensed from the common electrical circuit at the central location with the information transmitted to the central location from the individual locations proximate to the individual electrical loads; and monitoring performance of a plurality of the individual electrical loads from the sensed electrical characteristics of the common electrical circuit.