User Manual

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Inductive Clamp Applications
WARNING: Theclampdoesnothaveanyindicatorstosenseifacircuitis
energized.Thelineenergizedfeature()onthereceiveronlyworkswiththetransmitter
(TR-955).
Theinductiveclampispoweredsolelybythebatterypack.Itgeneratesitsownspecific,
timemodulatedsignal,andbytransformeraction,couplesthatsignalontotheenergizedor
de-energizedcircuittobetraced.
Alwaysdisconnectthebatterypackfromtheclampwhennotinusetoconservebattery
power.
Fortheclamptopropagateasignalontothecircuittobetraced,thecircuitmustbeclosed
attheendwheretheclampisapplied,ataminimum.Tomaximizethesignalproduced,
bothendsofthecircuitshouldbeclosedtocreateacompleteloop.Refertothediagrams
for proper setup.
Threetypicalapplicationswheretheinductiveclampmaybeusedinreplaceofthe
transmitter:
• Identifyingdownstreamloadsfromabreaker
• Tracingconduit
• Tracingindustrialcontrolcircuits