Patent ID: 7693610

Claim:
A wireless energy control unit, comprising: a plurality of controllable switches each having a first position wherein a power source is electronically connected to an electrical load and a second position wherein the power source is disconnected from the electrical load; wherein one or more of said controllable switches comprises a bimetal member being undeformed when the switch is in said first position, said bimetal member responsive to activation of a local heating element that deforms the bimetal member resulting in the switch assuming the second position to temporarily disconnect its respective electrical load; a plurality of separate passive circuit breakers, each circuit breaker being connected in series with one of said controllable switches such that the controllable switch is capable of connecting or disconnecting the entire electrical load drawing power through the circuit breaker; a wireless receiver; and a controller connected to said wireless receiver, said controller receiving messages via said wireless receiver and, in response thereto, selectively switching one or more of said controllable switches between said first position and said second position according to a pre-established priority, thereby connecting and disconnecting the electrical loads from the power source.