HotDrop™ is a wireless, self-powered current sensor. A split-core transformer clips onto a live conductor in under 15 minutes, harvests its own power from the line it measures, and streams revenue-grade amperage data over LoRaWAN — even from inside a metal panel.
HotDrop™ uses a split-core current transformer to read the current flowing through a conductor, and it harvests its own power from that same line — so there are no batteries to replace and no parasitic draw on the panel. Clip multiple HotDrops onto a single panel for circuit-level visibility at scale.
Clip the split-core sensor around the conductor and confirm it is latched closed. No de-energizing, no electrician.
Add the device to a LoRaWAN network in minutes using the Vutility app.
Watch live amperage and amp-hours in CloudVU from any phone or browser.
Clip-on, non-contact install with no facility downtime and no planned outage.
Minute-by-minute data across many circuits and panels in large commercial and industrial sites.
From 300A to 4000A XL to fit nearly any conductor.
No batteries, no charging cables — it runs on the energy it measures.
LoRaWAN keeps data flowing even from inside steel enclosures.
Streams straight into CloudVU or your own LoRaWAN network.
/*patent*/Patented: US 10615641, US 11205927, US 11661776, US 11874361, US 11991490, US 12035086, US D931820, EP 3646040, JP 7300399, KR 10-2526567, and other patents pending.
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