Breaker Plug, Network Systems and Methods

A combination breaker/plug device, for use in a breaker panel, which comprises:

• (a) a body housing that defines a single-wide modular circuit breaker body member seatable in a single-wide slot on a hot shoe of a hot bus bar in the breaker panel;
• (b) disposed in the body housing, a circuit breaker circuit having an operable breaker switch;
• (c) disposed in the body housing, a plug receptacle having internal electrical connections for supplying power to an electrical plug in the plug receptacle;
• (d) from a first internal electrical connection of the plug receptacle, an internal hot lead connectable to a hot shoe of the breaker panel;
• (e) from a second internal electrical connection of the plug receptacle, a neutral lead connectable to neutral bus of the breaker panel;
• (f) from a third internal electrical connection of the plug receptacle, a ground lead connectable to a ground strap of the breaker panel;
• and,
• (g) a ground fault circuit interrupt circuit (GFCI) operatively coupled to the internal hot connection and the internal neutral connection.

A combination breaker/plug device for use in a breaker panel, which comprises:

• (a) a body housing that defines a single-wide modular circuit breaker body member seatable in a single-wide slot on a hot shoe of a hot bus bar in the breaker panel, the body housing defining a user-accessible surface and a bottom surface when mounted in the breaker panel;
• (b) disposed in the body housing, a circuit breaker circuit having a user-accessible breaker switch;
• (c) disposed in the body housing on the user-accessible surface thereof, a plug receptacle having internal electrical connections for supplying power to an electrical plug in the plug receptacle;
• (d) from a first internal electrical connection in the plug receptacle, an internal hot lead connectable to a hot shoe of the breaker panel;
• (e) from a second internal electrical connection in the plug receptacle, a neutral lead connectable to neutral bus of the breaker panel;
• (f) from a third internal electrical connection in the plug receptacle, a ground lead connectable to a ground strap of the breaker panel;
• and,
• (g) a ground fault circuit interrupt circuit (GFCI) operatively coupled to the internal hot connection and the internal neutral connection;
• and,
• (h) a battery and a processor configured with instructions for operating one or more functions of the device with power from the breaker panel or from the battery.

A combination breaker/plug device for use in a breaker panel, which comprises:

• (a) a body housing that defines a single-wide modular circuit breaker body member seatable in a single-wide slot on a hot shoe of a hot bus bar in the breaker panel, the body housing defining a user-accessible surface and a bottom surface when mounted in the breaker panel;
• (b) disposed in the body housing, a circuit breaker circuit having a user-accessible breaker switch;
• (c) disposed in the body housing on the user-accessible surface thereof, a plug receptacle having internal electrical connections for supplying power to an electrical plug in the plug receptacle;
• (d) from a first internal electrical connection in the plug receptacle, an internal hot lead connectable to a hot shoe of the breaker panel;
• (e) from a second internal electrical connection in the plug receptacle, a neutral lead connectable to neutral bus of the breaker panel;
• (f) from a third internal electrical connection in the plug receptacle, a ground lead connectable to a ground strap of the breaker panel;
• and,
• (g) a ground fault circuit interrupt circuit (GFCI) operatively coupled to the internal hot connection and the internal neutral connection;
• (h) a rechargeable battery;
• and,
• (i) a Bluetooth radio modem configured with instructions to operate one or more functions of the device while powered from the breaker panel or from the battery, and to transmit radio signals through the breaker panel to an external radio unit.