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US 2010/0164473 A1Published application
Meter phase identification
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorKenneth J. Caird
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Abstract
A multi-phase electrical power distribution network includes a substation; a signal generator for providing a different signal on each of a plurality of phases leaving the substation; and a signal discriminator for detecting each of the different signals at a consumer of the electrical power.
Claims17
A multi-phase electrical power distribution network, comprising:
- a substation;
- a signal generator for providing a different signal on each of a plurality of phases leaving the substation;
- and
- a signal discriminator for detecting each of the different signals at a consumer of the electrical power.
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An electrical meter comprising a signal discriminator for receiving a signal from a substation and determining a phase to which the meter is connected.
A method of meter phase identification, comprising:
- generating a different signal on each of a plurality of phases from a substation;
- receiving one of the different signals at a consumer meter;
- and
- discriminating the received signal for determining to which of the plurality of phases the meter is connected.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.