Patent ID: 8805628
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A method of using a power consumption measurement device, the power consumption measurement device is mechanically coupled to a surface of a circuit breaker box, the circuit breaker box is overlying at least part of one or more main electrical supply conductors for an electrical power infrastructure of a structure, the method comprising: determining one or more first magnetic field readings from the one or more main electrical supply conductors using one or more sensors in the power consumption measurement device; after determining the one or more first magnetic field readings, electrically coupling a first calibration load to the electrical power infrastructure; while the first calibration load remains electrically coupled to the electrical power infrastructure, determining one or more second magnetic field readings from the one or more main electrical supply conductors using the one or more sensors in the power consumption measurement device; calibrating the power consumption measurement device using at least in part the one or more first magnetic field readings and the one or more second magnetic field readings, wherein calibrating the power consumption measurement device comprises: after calibrating the power consumption measurement device, determining one or more third magnetic field readings from the one or more main electrical supply conductors using the one or more sensors in the power consumption measurement device; and determining an electrical power used by the electrical power infrastructure of the structure using at least the one or more third magnetic field readings and the one or more first calibration coefficients, wherein: the one or more sensors in the power consumption measurement device are not electrically coupled in series with or physically coupled directly to the one or more main electrical supply conductors at the circuit breaker box when the one or more sensors in the power consumption measurement device are mechanically coupled to the surface of the circuit breaker box.