System and method for detecting arc in an electrical meter
AssigneeAclara Technologies LLC
InventorsThomas Lee McDougall, Jr., Curtis Whitmore Crittenden, Charles Andrew Waters
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Abstract
An electrical meter including a housing including a socket interface operable to connect to a facility. The meter further including a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of the electrical meter. The meter further including a controller having an electronic processor and a memory. The electronic processor is configured to receive, from the sensor, a signal indicative of the electrical characteristic, determine, based on the signal, presence of a hot socket, and output an alert based on determining presence of the hot socket.
Claims18
An electrical meter comprising:
- a housing including a socket interface operable to connect to a facility;
- a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of the electrical meter;
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- a controller having an electronic processor and a memory, the electronic processor configured to:
- receive, from the sensor, a signal indicative of the characteristic,
- determine, based on the signal, a presence of a hot socket, wherein the presence of the hot socket is based on the characteristic being above a predetermined threshold for a predetermined time period,
- determine, based on the signal, if the determination of the presence of the hot socket is a false positive, and
- output an alert when the determination of the presence of the hot socket is not a false positive.
A method for detecting a hot socket in an electrical meter, the method comprising:
- sensing, via a sensor, a characteristic of the electrical meter;
- receiving, via a controller having an electronic processor, a signal indicative of the characteristic;
- determining, via the controller and based on the signal, a presence of a hot socket, wherein the presence of the hot socket is based on the characteristic being above a predetermined threshold for a predetermined time period;
- determining, via the controller and based on the signal, if the determination of the presence of the hot socket is a false positive, and
- outputting, via the controller, an alert when the determination of the presence of the hot socket is not a false positive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.