Patent ID: 8786993

Claim:
Electrical distribution panel of an aircraft, comprising: a plurality of sites arranged in a matrix by row and column, with each site configured to receive a circuit breaker; a plurality of functional circuit breakers for protecting an electrical device; at least one false circuit breaker for delivering a constant state signal, and not associated with an electrical device, wherein the at least one false circuit breaker is at a site located in a row of the plurality of sites in which one site of the row contains a first functional circuit breaker and in a column of the plurality of sites in which one site of the column contains a second functional circuit breaker; power supply cabling for connecting to a power supply, wherein the power supply cabling is wired to each of the plurality of functional circuit breakers and not to the at least one false circuit breaker; and first and second monitoring cabling for connecting to a monitoring system, wherein the first monitoring cabling links together, in series, terminals of the at least one false circuit breaker and the first functional circuit breaker, and the second monitoring cabling links together, in series, terminals of the at least one false circuit breaker and the second functional circuit breaker, wherein the false circuit breaker comprises a selector for determining the state signal delivered by the false circuit breaker.