Patent ID: 8446048

Claim:
A controller interrupting a supply of electricity to an electrical appliance, comprising: (a) a housing having a cover carrying an electrical socket, the socket configured to receive a first electrical plug electrically coupled to the appliance; and (b) interrupter circuitry enclosed within the housing, the interrupter circuitry electrically coupled between a power supply and the socket, for decoupling the power supply from the socket upon receiving a trigger signal, the trigger signal being generated in response to a safety hazard associated with the electrical appliance, wherein the interrupter circuitry is constructed on a printed circuit board and wherein the printed circuit board is configured to circumscribe a portion of the socket that protrudes into the housing such that the interrupter circuitry can be enclosed within a standard circuit box, and wherein the printed circuit board comprises an aperture through which the portion of the socket that protrudes into the housing extends.