Patent ID: 7098555

Claim:
An on-board galley arrangement in a passenger transport aircraft, comprising: an electrical power source; electrical power consuming devices installed in a galley of the aircraft; a power distribution network connecting said electrical power source to said power consuming devices; a control unit; a databus connected to said control unit and to each one of said power consuming devices; and a database that is connected to said control unit and that stores a catalog of power management measures; wherein said control unit is adapted to compare an actual power consumption of a single one or a group or all of said power consuming devices to a prescribed maximum power consumption value, and if said actual power consumption reaches or exceeds said maximum power consumption value, to call up one or more of said power management measures of said catalog stored in said database and to transmit via said databus at least one control command corresponding to and dependent on said one or more power management measures to one or more of said power consuming devices that are identified individually by an address code; and wherein each one of said power consuming devices respectively includes an information transducer arrangement that is adapted to transmit status information regarding an operating status of the respective said power consuming device via said databus to said control unit, which is adapted to store said status information in a status report for the respective said power consuming device in said database.