A retrofit energization arrangement especially suitable for an aircraft
wherein original factory-placed wiring can be reused in common bus form
for plural new loads in order to avoid the expense and hazard of
disassembling original wiring bundles for new conductor incorporation.
Serviceable wiring possibly earlier retired in place or becoming unneeded
from equipment removal can, by way of the invention, be used for plural
diverse new loads including loads of disparate operating cycle and
current requirements for example, even though energized via a common bus.
In the disclosed apparatus both energizing current and load control
signals are transmitted via the same electrical bus between control
location and load areas of the aircraft where control decoding and energy
tap-off occur, the latter by switch mode power supply if needed. Control
signals of sinusoidal waveform, minimal electromagnetic and radio
frequency interference character and limited existing bus filtering
attenuation are disclosed; these may be embodied as the Frequency Shift
Keying (FSK) or Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System, CTCSS, frequencies
used in the radio communication art. Loads of differing types are
disclosed as examples in the described embodiment of the invention;
additional loads are feasible. Use of the invention in land vehicles,
watercraft and building structures is also contemplated.