PORTABLE POWER THEFT DETECTOR USING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

Electricity provides the best life that can offer through technology. In third-world countries, electricity is expensive. Thus, many have been attracted to electricity theft through wire tapping’s. This alarms the electric company, which legit consumers will pay the overhead. This research developed and tested the functionality of the theft power detector using Arduino to mitigate the problem by the electric company. Using a self-made questionnaire by statistically analyzing using the mean, the results are very acceptable. Simulations were carried out by adding load, which shows abnormal conditions. The results appear to increase power rating, transmitting the signal as the alarm that electricity theft was happening.