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Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2014
Applicant:

Southern Company Services, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Grayson Thomas Mixon, Pensacola, FL (US);

Jack Charles Hierholzer, Pensacola, FL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 11/32 (2006.01); G01R 27/04 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2829 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various methods and systems are directed to a mislinked meter system that identifies utility meters mislinked to a distribution transformer in a data store. Utility meters reporting voltages that vary more than other meters linked to the same distribution transformer in the data store may be physically linked to a different distribution transformer. To compare meter voltages, the mislinked meter system generates normal meter errors for the utility meters and a normal transformer error for some or all of the utility meters linked to the same distribution transformer. The normal meter error and transformer error represent the amount the voltages of a utility meter varies from the voltages of the other utility meters associated with the distribution transformer. The more the meter errors vary when compared to the transformer error, the more likely a utility meter is mislinked to the wrong distribution transformer in the data store.


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