A computerized electricity system for connecting loads to a power source,
including: (a) an arc fault detecting sub-system having at least one
module including: (i) a relay unit, electrically associated with a
particular load, for connecting and disconnecting to a power source; (ii)
a current source for measuring a current being delivered from the power
source to the load, to produce a current measurement; (iii) an analog
circuit for receiving the current measurement from the current sensor,
and for producing an analog signal based on the current measurement, and
a second signal for indicating a potential arc fault event, and (iv) a
digital circuit for receiving the second signal from the analog circuit
and producing data, and (b) a processing unit connected to each module,
so as to receive data corresponding to the analog signal, and the data
from the digital circuit, the processing unit for identifying the arc
faults, and wherein the processing unit is configured to command the
relay unit to disconnect the current in response to identifying the arc
faults, and wherein the processing unit is configured to provide this
command only if several pre-determined conditions are met, (I) after
detection of the potential arc fault event, the current measurement
remains substantially unchanged, and (II) after a detection of at least
one addition potential arc fault event, the arc fault events are found to
be acyclic.