Patent ID: 7005995

Claim:
A system of remotely detecting and locating damaged conductors, said system comprising: at least one slave controller disposed proximate at least one load and electrically connected to the at least one load via at least one conductor, wherein the at least one slave controller comprises: at least one solid-state switch capable of controllably altering the input current to the at least one load; and at least one measuring element for measuring at least one parameter associated with the at least one load and the at least one solid-state switch, wherein said solid-state switch controllably alters the input current to the at least one load according to the at least one parameter; and at least one damaged wire detector electrically connected to the at least one conductor between the at least one slave controller and the at least one load, wherein the at least one damaged wire detector is capable of at least one of detecting and locating at least one damaged conductor.