Systems and Methods for Remotely Controlling an Electrical Load

Abstract

Systems and methods for remotely controlling an electrical load are provided. A switch is associated with controlling one or more electricity-consuming devices. After electrically isolating the switch from the electricity-consuming device, an adapter is communicatively coupled to and used to detect the state of the switch. The adapter generates and wirelessly transmits a signal indicative of the detected state of the switch to a controller that controls operation of the device based on at least the state of the switch as detected by the sensor and indicated by the wirelessly transmitted signal.

1 . A computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for remotely controlling an electrical load, the method comprising:
 detecting a state of a switch electrically isolated from the electrical load; and   transmitting a wireless signal indicative of the state of the switch to a controller, the controller controlling the electrical load based on at least the state of the switch as indicated by the signal.