Smart Circuit Breaker Systems and Methods

Abstract

Embodiments disclose a smart circuit breaker. A smart circuit breaker may include a line side connection to a power distribution panel bus, a load side connection to at least one branch circuit, and an overcurrent protection mechanism. The smart circuit breaker further includes at least one relay coupled to the line side of the overcurrent protection mechanism, and a printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly includes a processor and a memory with computer code instructions stored thereon configured to cause the processor control operation of the at least one relay, record electrical characteristics through the smart circuit breaker, and provide at least one network connection to the smart circuit breaker. The smart circuit breaker may be backwards compatible in that it can be incorporated installed in into an existing legacy circuit breaker distribution panel, such as the existing electrical distribution system.

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