I'm looking at a project that measures how much energy each circuit uses and I'm wondering if they make circuit breakers that I can turn on/off with a signal from a control module, like a simple on-off controller from a microcontroller - you select the breaker and it sends the appropriate signal to the breaker that will turn it on or off. I'm thinking obviously the breaker would have an additional input besides the power wire, maybe 2-3 signal wires to control the breaker.
I've searched for something like this and haven't really seen what I'm looking for, I've seen wireless ones but they don't seem like normal breakers and many of them are VERY low amperage like 2-3A, which doesn't seem useful for a household breaker unless you are running 480V, but even then, that ain't much power.
So does anyone know of anything like this?
I've searched for something like this and haven't really seen what I'm looking for, I've seen wireless ones but they don't seem like normal breakers and many of them are VERY low amperage like 2-3A, which doesn't seem useful for a household breaker unless you are running 480V, but even then, that ain't much power.
So does anyone know of anything like this?