Patent ID: 7852606

Claim:
A method for a self-test sequence of a circuit interrupting device, comprising the steps of inducing a trigger for a self test in the circuit interrupting device; moving an auxiliary relay in parallel with a main relay from its “off” position to its “on “position to maintain power to a load wherein said auxiliary relay and said main relay are coupled along the same phase; moving said main relay from its “on” position to its “off” position to remove power from said load after said auxiliary relay is moved to its “on” position; verifying that said main relay is in its “off” position; moving said main relay from its off position to its “on” position thereby maintaining power to said load wherein said load is coupled to both said main relay and said auxiliary relay; and moving said auxiliary relay from its “on” position to its “off” position after said main relay is moved to its “on” position.