User Manual

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Tracing Underground
Thesecircuittracersarenotundergroundcablelocators.But,insomeenvironmentsthey
canbeusedtotraceburiedcables,conduit,ormetalpipe.
1) Connectthetransmittertothecircuittobetracedandpoweriton.
 a) Ifpossible,createaclosedcircuitbygroundingtheotherend.
 b) Ifpossible,groundtheadjacentconductorstoeliminatecapacitive-coupling
effectsthatcancausesignalbleed-over.
 c) Utilizearemotereturnpathtomaximizethesignalproduced.
2) Turnonthereceiverandusethemaximumsensitivitydefault().
3) Useasweepingmotionandthebackofthereceivertofindthestrongestsignal
underground.
 a) Ifthesignalistoostrong,reducethesensitivityrange.
 b) Ifthesignalistooweak,thencheckthequalityofthegroundconnections
(<100Ω)andrepeatstep#3.
4)Continuefollowingthehighestreadinguntiltheendofthecircuitisfound.
OR
Service
Panel
Outside
Receptacle
Keeptwo
pathsseparate
fromeachother
25Feet
Distance
Connectto
GroundRod