Electricity: measuring and testing – Measuring – testing – or sensing electricity – per se – With coupling means
Patent
1987-03-17
1989-06-13
Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se
With coupling means
324117R, 324129, 336175, G01R 1102, G01R 1104
Patent
active
048396001
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides an ammeter specially suited for measuring the currents passing in high voltage, high power A.C. lines and, when required, storage of the resultant information, together with time of day and date over an extended period of time. The ammeter employs two C-shaped cores defining between two of the core arms a relatively large permanent gap that can pass the power line to facilitate mounting on the line using a live-line stick. One embodiment intended for mounting for an extended period of time also employs a clamp that can be manipulated using the stick to clamp it to the line and unclamp it, the clamp and core being related so that the power line passes through the center of the space between the cores. An embodiment intended for "spot" measurements has a locating member that performs the same function. A third device has the locating member in two parts that pivot to enable a large power conductor to pass through the slot in the locating member to the closed locating end thereof. The devices may be characterized as "current transducers" and the two cores carry respective coils that are oppositely wound on the core arms opposite to one another. The A.C. signal from the coils is converted to a digital signal and is fed to an external display and/or is recorded in a non-volatile memory together with the time and date data using a microcomputer that is powered only during the short interval required for measuring, thus conserving battery power.
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Burns W.
Eisenzopf Reinhard J.
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