METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL

摘要

A power control system includes a power reduction module operable to reduce power to a connected load, a switching module operable to selectively transfer power directly to the load or to the power reduction module, a harmonic reduction module operable to an output of the power reduction module for reducing signal harmonics from power transferred to the load, a controller linked to the switching module to provide control signals a resistor coupled between the switching, module and the power reduction module, and a resistor voltage monitor coupled between, the switching module and the resistor, wherein the resistor voltage monitor measures, a voltage, across the resistor and sends voltage measurement data to the controller. A method fox a power control system to reduce power consumption of a load is also disclosed.