Electrical architecture with power optimization

An electrical architecture for use on an aircraft comprising:

• at least two generators, with each of said generators communicating to a separate main bus;
• and
• said generators connected to the respective main buses through main solid state switching devices, such that the entire current flow from each of the generators passes through the respective main switching device and to the main bus;, and
• a control receiving signals with regard to the condition at the respective main solid state switching devices, and said control comparing said signal to expected conditions at said respective main switching devices, and said control comparing said signal to expected conditions, and said control opening any one of said main switching devices which is potentially experiencing a fault condition based upon the comparison of said signal to said expected conditions.

An electrical architecture for use on an aircraft comprising:

• at least two generators, with each of said generators communicating through a separate main bus;
• said generators connected to said respective main buses through main switching devices, such that the entire current flow from each of the generators passes through the respective main switching devices and to the main bus;
• wherein at least some of a plurality of loads are connected to the main buses through load solid state switching devices, said main buses also communicating power to non-essential buses, with said non-essential buses driving a plurality of loads;
• cross-tie switching devices connecting said main buses to each other such that they can be connected or disconnected;
• a control receiving a signal with regard to the power at the main solid state switching device, and said control comparing said signal to expected conditions, and sending a control signal to open said main solid state switching device if said signal differs from said expected conditions by a predetermined amount;
• and
• said control also receiving signals from said load and cross-tie solid state switching devices, and compares said signals to expected signals at the location of each of said load and cross-tie solid state switching devices, and opens any one of said load and cross-tie solid state switching devices which is associated with a potential fault.