| 摘要 |
A system and method are disclosed for monitoring, controlling and reducing power in electronic devices and appliances, specifically the standby or vampire power. The system includes a central controller and one or more power switch routers (PSR). The one or more PSRs are networkable and the controller and one or more PSRs communicate by a wireless connection. The central controller and the one or more PSRs may be coupled in a network, where the network may be either a star network or a mesh network, or a combination of a star and mesh network. The resulting network is a scalable AC power switch network that may be remotely or locally controlled with advanced metering telemetry. To reduce vampire power, the PSRs are able to accurately measure the power consumption, measuring the neutral power line, and communicate information to the central controller. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system for monitoring, controlling and reducing vampire power, the system comprising:
a central controller that wirelessly communicates to a network of one or more power switch routers; and the one or more power switch routers, coupled to one or more electrical loads, (i) measure one or more AC power parameters for each of the one or more electrical loads, and (ii) wirelessly communicate the one or more AC power parameters for the each of the one or more electrical loads to the central controller, wherein the central controller determines a stand-by state for each of the one or more electrical loads by comparing the one or more AC power parameters for the each of the one or more electrical loads measured by the one or more power switch routers compared with stand-by values stored in a database of the central controller for each specific load type, wherein based on the comparison, if a particular electrical load is in a stand-by state, an associated power switch router disconnects the particular electrical load and eliminates vampire power for the particular electrical load, wherein the one or more power switch routers each comprise:
a monitoring device that further comprises a power metering device and a temperature sensor, andan AC switch bank that supports 1 to N AC power outputs, wherein the one or more power switch routers each receive power from a single phase power source having an input AC neutral power line, and wherein the one or more power switch routers each monitors the input AC neutral power line in order to monitor functionality of the power metering device and to correct functionality of stand-by power state detection. |
