Patent ID: 7995314

Claim:
A fault detection system comprising: a touch screen mounted on a first portion of a circuit breaker and adapted to communicatively and mechanically couple with the circuit breaker that is adapted to protect an electrical circuit comprising an electrical load, said touch screen adapted to render a user interface comprising: an arc fault detection circuit status indicator indicative of an automatic detection of an arc fault by said circuit breaker in said electrical circuit; a ground fault detection circuit status indicator indicative of an automatic detection of a ground fault by said circuit breaker in said electrical circuit; an overload status indicator indicative of an automatic detection of an overload by said circuit breaker in said electrical circuit; a circuit breaker status indicator adapted to indicate a status of said circuit breaker; a circuit breaker test button adapted to, upon activation, cause a predetermined fault to be simulated in said electrical circuit served by said circuit breaker; a kilowatt-hour status indicator indicative of electrical energy use in said electrical circuit during a predetermined time interval; and a power service status indicator indicative of whether the electrical circuit is operatively transmitting electrical energy to a user.