Patent ID: 7430932

Claim:
A device for remote monitoring of an overhead power transmission line conductor, comprising a housing provided with means for attaching on the overhead power transmission line conductor; and arranged in said housing a power supply, a sensor of temperature of the conductor, and a measuring-transmitting module configured to receive signals from said sensor of temperature of the conductor, to convert them into digital data and to transmit the digital data for storing, collecting and processing, wherein said measuring-transmitting module includes a control unit, a unit for receipt and conversion of a conductor status signals, a unit for primary processing of obtained information, collection and storage of data, a unit for communication and data transmission, wherein said unit for primary processing of obtained information, collection and storage of data is connected to an input of said unit for communication and data transmission and to an output of said unit for receipt and conversion of conductor status signals, and said means for interfacing with a utility cellular telephonic channel is included in said unit for communication and data transmission.