Patent ID: 6885180

Claim:
A method for identifying which live current secondary cable in a transformer, amongst a plurality of live current secondary cables in the transformer, leads to a selected meter base, said method comprising the steps of: a. engaging a transmitter to the selected meter base; b. drawing a current with said transmitter; c. generating an electrical identification signal with said transmitter by way of the current; d. passing said electrical identification signal through a selected live current secondary cable leading from the selected meter base to the transformer for generating a magnetic field around the selected live current secondary cable; e. positioning a receiver within the transformer proximate to the terminal ends of the plurality of live current secondary cables in the transformer; and, f. moving said receiver over the terminal ends of each live current secondary cable in the transformer to sense and detect said magnetic field being generated around the terminal end of the selected live current secondary cable, thereby identifying which live current secondary cable in the transformer, amongst the plurality of live current secondary cables in the transformer, leads to the selected meter base.