Patent ID: 7265957

Claim:
A method for automatically reenergizing a section of a distribution feeder circuit, the method comprising: detecting, using a module of a protective device, if a section of a distribution feeder circuit upstream of the protective device has been de-energized; detecting, using the module, whether the protective device may be opened automatically; signaling, using the module, for the protective device to be opened when (1) the section of the distribution feeder circuit upstream of the protective device has been de-energized and (2) the protective device may be opened automatically; detecting, using the module, whether the protective device has been opened; detecting, using the module, whether the protective device may be closed automatically; detecting, using the module, whether the section of the distribution feeder circuit upstream of the protective device has stabilized; and signaling, using the module, for the protective device to be closed automatically when (1) the protective device has been opened automatically and may be closed automatically and (2) the section of the distribution feeder circuit upstream of the protective device has stabilized.