Patent ID: 7755869

Claim:
A ground stabilization network, comprising: hot, neutral, and ground source connectors for connecting the device to hot, neutral, and ground lines, respectively, of a power source, and hot, neutral, and ground load connectors for connecting the device to hot, neutral, and ground lines, respectively, of a load; a breaker switch, the breaker switch being shiftable between an open position and a closed position, and having an input side and an output side, the input side being connected to both of the hot and neutral source connectors; an EMI filter circuit connected between neutral and ground, having a neutral input node, a neutral output node and a ground node, the neutral input node of the EMI filter circuit being connected to the neutral line of the output side of the breaker switch, the neutral output node being connected to the neutral line of the load connectors and the ground node being connected to ground, so as to ensure a reliable standardized ground reference; a current sensor, positioned so as to sense current on the neutral line between the EMI filter circuit and the load, and so as to sense the current passing to the load on the hot line, and capable of generating a fault signal when a predetermined difference is sensed between the magnitude of current flowing in the hot line and the magnitude of current flowing in the neutral line; and a controller connected to the current sensor and the breaker switch, and capable of shifting the breaker switch from its closed position to its open position upon receiving the fault signal from the current sensor, to thereby interrupt the flow of current in both the hot and neutral connectors.