Patent ID: 8624747

Claim:
A form factor to clamp upon a power line, the form factor comprising: a current transformer to measure an electrical current of the power line; a power monitoring device to receive the measurement of the electrical current of the power line; and a transceiver communicatively interfaced with the power monitoring device, wherein the transceiver is to communicate data representative of the measurement of the electrical current external to the form factor; wherein the form factor to clamp upon the power line is formed from a double semicircle coil in which each of two halves forming the double semicircle coil are hingedly attached at a top side of the double semicircle coil which permit each of the two halves of the double semicircle coil to separate at a bottom side of the semicircle coil; and further wherein a face at the bottom end of each of the two halves of the double semicircle coil comprise one or more rollers to permit each face to roll over a surface of the power line to be clamped upon during installation and removal of the form factor.