Patent ID: 8624583

Claim:
An apparatus adapted to measure Alternating Current flowing through an electricity supply distribution unit having a plurality of distribution cables, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of current measuring devices, each of the plurality of current measuring devices, in use, measuring current flowing through one of the plurality of distribution cables, at least some of the plurality of current measuring devices being mounted on a rigid/semi-rigid body, and a device configured to store and/or transfer information representing current measured by at least one current measuring device of the plurality of current measuring devices; wherein the rigid/semi-rigid body is an elongate member; wherein the plurality of current measuring devices are mounted on the elongate member, such that a first current measuring device is aligned with, and does not overlap, an adjacent current measuring device, the plurality of current measuring devices being arranged in an arrangement that corresponds to an arrangement of the plurality of distribution cables extending from the electricity supply distribution unit; and wherein each of the current measuring devices that is mounted on the elongate member includes a ferrite core fitted with a Hall Effect device and is adapted to receive a corresponding distribution cable therethrough.