User's Manual

pulseEKKO PRO 9-Care and Maintenance
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9 Care and Maintenance
9.1 General
To operate the pulseEKKO PRO equipment in a geophysical field environment, the user should exercise
the normal care afforded other field instrumentation. Items that require specific maintenance procedures
are listed below together with detailed descriptions of the procedures.
All the equipment is ‘shower proof’ but will not tolerate total immersion. If the equipment is immersed in
water, open up the affected box, and dry it out before operating. If the equipment is operated in very humid
conditions, open up the boxes occasionally and allow the components to dry out.
The interior of the transmitter and receiver can become very hot very quickly if exposed to strong, direct
sunlight. High temperatures can affect system electronics and may lead to failures. If a suspected heat
failure does occur, stop the system and allow it to cool down before retrying.
The equipment is housed in heavy duty boxes and can withstand a reasonable amount of physical abuse.
9.2 Electronic Spares
The low frequency pulseEKKO PRO system comes with spare parts for repairing latches, keepers, hinges
sockets and fuses on the transmitter and receiver, replacing pins on the antennas and quarter-turn studs
on the adjustable handles. The positions of most of the items pictured in Figure 9-1, are shown in Figure 9-
2.
Figure 9-1: Electronic spares kit.