Product Manual

INDUCTIVE TRACING (without handle)

Use Inductive Tracing as a one-man operation when you know a

starting point of the object pipe or conductor. You will maximize

signal strength by having the bottom edge of the Transmitter

directly over and in line with the conductor you’re tracing. Placing

the receiver on its back will give no signal or a “null” directly over

the conductor and a signal on either side.

If you place the transmitter and receiver too close together “direct

air coupling” will result, meaning the transmitter is sending to the

receiver through the air, the electromagnetic eld is simply ignoring

your pipe. If this happens, you can either (1) turn the SENSITIVITY

control down until you lose the air signal, or (2) simply move the

receiver further away until the air signal fades.

NOTE: With the SENSITIVITY knob on full and the Sensitivity Selection

Switch set to NORMAL, the two units should be at least 30 feet

apart to avoid air coupling. With HIGH SENSITIVITY, they must be

even further apart.

INDUCTIVE LOCATING WHEN ONLY APPROXIMATE POSITION

OF A LINEAR CONDUCTOR IS KNOWN

Two people most efciently perform this operation. Each holds the

unit with its face towards him and parallel to the other’s instrument.

Standing at least 30 feet apart, they walk parallel to each other

from the curb toward the opposite side of the street. When the

two operators are directly over the pipe, the receiver meter and

speaker will indicate the location. The pipe is directly below the

point at which the maximum signal occurs.

If only one operator is available, he should begin by placing the

transmitter over and in line with an assumed position of the buried

conductor. While maintaining a distance of at least 30 feet from

the transmitter, hold the receiver parallel to the other instrument

and begin to walk forward until the signal reads its maximum

indication. In a one-person search, you may nd it necessary to

move the transmitter several times in order to be precisely over

the buried conductor.

PINPOINTING CENTER OF THE PIPELINE

After determining the position of the pipe, set the transmitter down

on its bottom edge and in line with the indicated position. Then, at

a distance of at least 30 feet, hold the receiver with its backside

down and begin moving the receiver from side to side over the

general location line of the conductor. This back and forth motion

will give a null directly over the position of the buried conductor.

MODES OF OPERATION