Patent ID: 7405673

Claim:
An operation control system comprising: a power cord including a power cord rating information storage for storing rating information of the power cord, and an information transmitter for sending the rating information of the power cord stored in the power cord rating information storage by way of an electric wave, and an electrical apparatus including a rating information acquirer for acquiring the rating information of the power cord stored in the power cord rating information storage from the information transmitter by way of the electric wave, an electrical apparatus rating information storage for storing rating information of the electrical apparatus, a judger for judging whether a rating of the power cord conforms to a rating of the electrical apparatus based on the rating information of the power cord acquired by the rating information acquirer, and the rating information of the electrical apparatus stored in the electrical apparatus rating information storage, and a controller for setting the electrical apparatus to a sleep mode if the judger judges that the rating of the power cord does not conform to the rating of the electrical apparatus, wherein in the sleep mode, the controller causes a mechanism in the electrical apparatus to selectively permit operation of parts of the electrical apparatus so that the electrical apparatus operates at a current value within a rating range of the power cord while preventing operation of parts of the electrical apparatus that have a current value that is not within the rating range of the power cord.