level sends one switch activation signal to the control bypass unit and upon detecting a load below the threshold level sends a second switch activation signal to the control bypass unit yet further embodiments of the present invention may incorporate load level detection and load level output components or circuitry directly into a motor or may integrate an entire phase lag control override unit into a motor such that the phase lag compensation and energy saving aspects may be contained in a controller while the motor has a built in capability to bypass energy savings control at certain load levels yet further embodiments of the present invention may be implemented purely with programmable devices connected and wired together or may be implemented as purely hardware solutions with hardwired parameters and operating characteristics fig5 a shows a functional diagram an alternative embodiment of an integrated phase detection hold off calculation and phase control portion controller device according to the present invention the device shown in this embodiment comprises a thyristor 565 a processor 555 a timing unit made up of a first configurable timer 551 and a second configurable timer 561 a zero cross detection unit made up of a current cross detector 575 and a voltage cross detector 578 a firing time calculator 568 and a memory unit 588 that stores cycle counts and calculated firing times the first configurable timer may be used to set operating cycle times for dynamic control algorithms that may.