Patent ID: 9733294
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G01R

Claim:
1. An electricity meter for metering electrical energy delivered from a voltage source to an electrical load, said electricity meter disposed between said voltage source and said electrical load, the electricity meter comprising: blades for connecting the electricity meter to a socket; a transceiver that communicates wirelessly on a plurality of channels of a radio frequency (RF) communication system, the transceiver measuring received signal strength on each of the plurality of channels and generating a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value indicative of the received signal strength on each of the plurality of channels, the transceiver using the RSSI value for each of the plurality of channels to determine whether another device is attempting to transmit on at least one of the plurality of channels; and a processor that receives the RSSI value for each of the plurality of channels from the transceiver and determines therefrom whether an arc condition exists between the blades and the socket.