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Power Theft Detection and Reporting System

Approx. component budget: Rs. 5,000 - 9,000

Objective

Detect electricity theft by comparing the current taken from the line with the current recorded at the meter, and report it.

What you will build

Two current-sensing points (supply side and consumer side), a microcontroller comparing the two readings, a buzzer and a Wi-Fi or GSM alert, with a test load and a hidden bypass wire to simulate theft.

Results you can expect

• Detection threshold vs hidden load size
• False-alarm rate
• Alert time
• Comparison of two sensing methods
• Event log

What you will learn

Distribution losses and theft detection, current sensing and IoT alerts, useful in utility and metering work.

Tools and notes

ESP32, two CT sensors, GSM or Wi-Fi, Excel. Build the demonstration on a low-power test panel only, never on a real service line, and use a fused enclosure.

Resume points from this project

• Built and tested Power Theft Detection and Reporting System; objective: detect electricity theft by comparing the current taken from the line with the current recorded at the meter, and report it.
• Measured and analysed detection threshold vs hidden load size and false-alarm rate; wrote the report and presented the results in a viva. Add your own numbers: [x].

Replace [x] with your own measured results. Write only what you really did.

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