Electronic status reporting circuit breaker

A circuit breaker comprising:

• a line connection;
• a load connection;
• a first and a second contact moveable with respect to each other and corresponding to a closed state and an open state;
• an overcurrent protection circuit coupled between said line connection and said load connection, where when a measured current passing through the circuit breaker exceeds an overcurrent threshold, said overcurrent circuit determines that a fault condition is present and moves the contacts from the closed state to the open state;
• a memory mechanism to enable a memory save function;
• a control circuit coupled to said load connection, wherein said load connection receives a load parameter signal from the control circuit while the contacts are in an open state and a load is connected to said load connection, said control circuit having a storage with a signal value saved thereon;
• wherein the signal value is determined by setting the contacts to the open state, activating the memory mechanism when the load is connected to said load connection to transmit the load parameter signal to the load connection and measure baseline electrical signal parameters of the transmitted load parameter signal, and saving the measured baseline electrical signal parameters reflecting normal operating parameters of the load as the signal value in said storage;
• wherein when the overcurrent protection circuit has moved the contacts to the open state, said control circuit transmits a test signal to said load connection while the load is connected thereto and measures the test signal;
• and
• wherein said control circuit compares the measured test signal to the saved signal value that reflects the normal operating parameters of the connected load and, if the measured test signal exceeds a threshold value of deviation from the signal value, said control circuit maintains the contacts in the open state.