FEATURE PANEL BUILDING
BREAKTHROUGH SMART CIRCUIT BREAKERS FOR PANEL INSTALLATION
Amber Solutions has announced plans for its next generation smart circuit breakers, based on the company’s patent-pending technologies
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mber intends to deliver two configurations: the first is an
electromechanical/solid-state hybrid for quicker time to market and the second is a solid-state version with additional disruptive features. The company says that its circuit
breakers will bring safety, energy awareness and intelligence above traditional and even connected solutions. The range of features includes
enhanced reliability, arc-free switching, whole building energy awareness with power metering and management, capacitive touch and wireless control, programmability, and other functions not found in traditional circuit breakers. Amber is engaged with top tier
electrical product manufacturers and smart platform companies to jointly bring Amber smart circuit breakers, and other products, to market. The first of the two planned circuit breaker configurations is a hybrid solution that offers Amber powered solid-state functions, plus traditional electromechanical elements. This configuration upgrades current circuit
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breaker architecture with connectivity for remote wireless whole building energy awareness, alerts and IoT functions and enables quicker time to market for partners. The second configuration improves upon the traditional electromechanical structure with solid-state, arc-free, switching, also in today’s standard product footprint, that delivers advantages for whole building energy awareness, alerts, IoT functions and wireless control. Both configurations are for global
retrofit and new panel installations and are said to be an upgrade over legacy 1950’s era electrification infrastructure. “We are pleased to announce this
highly disruptive upgrade to the world’s old circuit breaker technology,” says Thar Casey, CEO, Amber Solutions. “The solid- state nature of our products delivers superior quality and advanced IoT with M2M integration, for a truly modern, next generation infrastructure within the electrical foundation of buildings.” Casey continues, “In conjunction with Amber’s broader portfolio of
smarter outlets and switches, our circuit breaker becomes a strategic control centre for what we call a ‘fifth utility’ in homes and buildings - intelligent infrastructure embedded directly in the walls of residential and commercial buildings.” When Amber’s smart solid-state
circuit breaker is installed in conjunction with Amber-powered solid- state outlets and switches, the company says that the portfolio will become a next generation energy management ecosystem. The circuit breaker at the centre of this ecosystem provides a highly disruptive whole home energy awareness, management and cost saving foundation that is connected and controllable down to every electrical endpoint in a building. Amber will be working with major
electrical product manufacturers and smart platform providers on bringing its smart circuit breakers and other products in its portfolio to global market in 2020.
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