Electricity: measuring and testing – Measuring – testing – or sensing electricity – per se – Plural ranges – scales or registration rates
Patent
1980-09-30
1983-06-28
Karlsen, Ernest F.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Measuring, testing, or sensing electricity, per se
Plural ranges, scales or registration rates
307140, 340310A, G01R 1508, H04B 354
Patent
active
043908390
ABSTRACT:
A time-of-day watt-hour meter shifts sensitivity whenever the utility transmits an audio tone over the power line to the watt-hour meter. Via an integrated circuit receiver, the tone causes a solid state switch to close, thus increasing the meter sensitivity by increasing the effective number of turns of a voltage coil across the 240 volt line. The effective sensitivity of the meter can be adjusted as desired by varying the duty cycle of the tone transmitted over the power line.
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Cutter Lawrence D.
Davis Jr. James C.
General Electric Company
Karlsen Ernest F.
Snyder Marvin
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