MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL LOAD MANAGEMENT

The present invention relates to a motor vehicle (1) with an electrical load management system. The electrical load management system comprises: a plurality of electrical consumer units (6-14) including at least one user-activatable consumer unit (6-14) which has a control (31,32) by which said unit may be activated by a user; an electrical source (22) for supplying electrical current (30) to the consumer units (6-14); a monitoring means (2,4,26-28,106-114) for monitoring the ability of the electrical source to deliver electrical current (30) to the consumer units (6-14); an electrical current load controlling means (2,4,106-114) that is responsive to the monitoring means when the ability of the electrical source (22) to deliver electrical current (30) to the consumer units is impaired, in order to limit the electrical current supplied (30) to at least some of the consumer units (6-14) including said user-activatable consumer unit (6-14) according to predetermined criteria by which some consumer units are accorded priority over other consumer units as regards any electrical current limitation. Following activation of the user-activatable consumer unit (6-14), the criteria are temporarily altered to increase temporarily the priority accorded said activated consumer unit (6-14).