Patent ID: 8004123
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: H02H,H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. An electric load controller comprising: a load switch receiving an electric potential from a power source and selectively supplying the received electric potential to a load in response to a received load control signal; a load sensor measuring a load demand of the load; and a controller powered by the power source and in communication with the load switch and the load sensor, the controller continuously delivering the load control signal to the load switch when the measured load demand is greater than a first threshold load demand, the controller delivering the load control signal to the load switch for a decision time period when the measured load demand is less than a second threshold load demand; wherein the controller delivers the load control signal to the load switch for a learning time and ascertains minimum and maximum load demands measured by the load sensor during the learning time, the controller determining the first and second threshold load demands based at least in part on at least one of the minimum and maximum load demands.