Patent ID: 8601291

Claim:
A power management device housing; A. a power management device housing; B. a plurality of power inputs disposed in the power management device housing; C. a first plurality of power outputs disposed in the power management device housing, each among the first plurality of power outputs being connectable to one or more electrical loads external to the power management device housing and connected to a first power input among the plurality of power inputs; D. a second plurality of power outputs disposed in the power management device housing, each among the second plurality of power outputs being connectable to one or more electrical loads external to the power management device housing and connected to a second power input among the plurality of power inputs; E. a communications bus associated with the power management device housing; F. a plurality of power control sections associated with the power management device housing, each among the plurality of power control sections being in communication with the communications bus and thereby in power controlling communication with one or more corresponding power outputs among the first or second plurality of power outputs; G. a communications system associated with the power management device housing, being in communication with said communications bus, and having a communications processor system in communication with (i) said communications bus; (ii) at least one among said plurality of power control sections through the communications bus; and (iii) a communications port connectable to an external communications link external to the power management device housing; H. a power information display associated with the power management device housing in communication with the communications bus; and I. a power information determining with section associated with the power management device housing in communication with the communications bus, whereby the power information determining section may communicate power-related information to the power information display, wherein said communications section, includes a slave application in communication with a communications port mounted in the power management device housing, whereby the communications system may serve as a slave to a master communications section in a separate power management device.