User Manual

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Toavoidthecancelingeffectoftheopposingmagneticfieldsandoptimizethe
transmittedsignal,theconductortobetracedshouldbeseparatedfromthereturn
conductorbyutilizingaremotereturnpath.
Thesimplestmethodistousethe25’testleadtoconnecttoaremotereturnpath,such
asaneutralorgroundfromanothercircuitorawaterpipe.Whenidentifyingbreakers,
thehotandneutralarealreadyseparatedattheelectricalpanelsotheuseoftheAC
outlet adapter is sufficient.
Ifunsurethattheremotereturnpathchosenisagoodone,useamultimetertomeasure
theresistancebetweenthecircuitneutralandtheremotereturnpath.If>100Ω,a
differentreturnpathshouldbeselected.
Applications
Pre-test Operation
Priortofindingabreakerortracingacircuit,itisgoodpracticetotestthereceiverby
holdingitnearthepoweredtransmitterorinductiveclamp.Anumericindicationof“99”
andstrongaudiblesoundensuresthatitisworkingproperly.
WeakSignalSetup
SignalsCancel
StrongSignalSetup
NoSignalCanceling
StrongSignalSetup
NoSignalCanceling
Circuit
under
test
SeparateCircuit
WaterPipe