Patent ID: 8148924

Claim:
An electrical load controller for controlling a start of a first electrical load and a second electrical load comprising: a start demanding unit that generates a demand to start at least the first electrical load of the first and the second electrical loads, wherein a first prescribed time period is a duration of time over which an inrush current, generated when the first electrical load is started, decreases to a prescribed value; a second prescribed time period is a duration of time between the time when a second electrical load notification signal, which indicates that the second electrical load will start, is sent to the first electrical load and the time when the second electrical load starts; a third prescribed time period is a duration of time required to transmit the second electrical load notification signal from the second electrical load to the first electrical load, wherein the second prescribed time period is longer than the third prescribed time period, the first prescribed time period is shorter than the second prescribed time period minus the third prescribed time period, and the first electrical load starts immediately if the first electrical load has not received the second electrical load notification signal when the start demanding unit generates the demand to start the first electrical load.