Patent ID: 7652395

Claim:
A power control system utilizing one of a plurality of interchangeable base models, the power control system comprising: a base being one of the plurality of interchangeable base models, the base including a base housing, the base housing configured for releasably receiving a control unit and a cavity within the base housing for receiving a solid state relay having a hockey puck configuration, the base including an input power terminal for coupling to an input power source, an output power terminal for coupling to a power receiving load, and coupling fixtures for fixedly and electrically coupling to input and output power terminals and control terminals of the received solid state relay; and a control unit configured to releasably couple with each of the plurality of interchangeable base models, the control unit being configured to control the solid state relay for selectively providing, at least a portion of, the power received at the input power terminal to the output power terminal, the control unit having a control housing separate from and external to the base housing, the control housing being adapted to be releasably coupled to the base housing, the control unit and base are each configured to electrically couple the control unit to the control terminals of the received solid state relay as a function of the control unit being coupled to the base.