Patent ID: 8866345

Claim:
An electrical current managing system (ECMS) comprising: a) an electronic control circuit (ECC) having means for controlling the operation of said ECMS, b) a system activating device having means for producing a system activation signal, c) a power control relay having a first pole that interfaces with a first normally closed contact, a second pole that interfaces with a second normally closed contact, and a coil that is connected to a relay activation signal applied from said ECC, d) an input power source that produces a utility a-c voltage, e) an AC to DC converter having an input that is applied the a-c voltage from said input power source, and an output that produces a regulated d-c voltage that is applied to said ECC from where the power is distributed to the elements comprising said ECMS, f) an output load having a first input and a second input, g) a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) that is applied an SCR activation signal from said ECC, an SCR input signal applied from the first normally-closed contact on said power control relay, and an SCR output signal that is connected to the first input on said output load, wherein the second input on said output load is applied directly from the second normally-closed contact of said power control relay, wherein when the system activation signal is applied to said ECC, said ECMS becomes operational, thereby allowing the combination of said ECC and said SCR to produce a phase controlled voltage that ramps upward from zero volts to full power over a two to three second time period, wherein the ramped voltage prevents a sudden in-rush of current to be applied to said output load, conversely when the system activation signal is not applied, said ECC produces a relay activation signal that is applied to the coil of said power control relay which energizes the relay, allowing the relay contacts to open causing said output load to disconnect, h) a current adjust circuit that produces a current adjust signal that is applied to said ECC, wherein said current adjust circuit includes a potentiometer that is manually set to limit the amount of current applied to said output load, i) a set of system status indicators that are activated by a system status signal produced by said ECC, and j) a feedback loop connected from the SCR output signal to said ECC, wherein said feedback loop produces an SCR status input signal that is applied to and processed by said ECC.