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Move to the location you want to measure depth. Stay at least 15 feet away from the transmItter.

Move the

receIver left to right across the path until the cable is located.

1. Mark the path on the ground as precisely as possible using the Null method.

2. Place the receIver on the ground with the LCD meter facing up. Position the unit so that the sight

lines on the lower tube are straight up and down orienting the unit at a 45º angle.

3. Pull the

receIver away from the cable path (at 90º to the cable path) keeping the unit at 45º.

4. When the

receIver indicates a Null reading, mark the location of the receIver's foot.

5. The distance between the receIver and the cable path is the depth of the pipe or cable. A false

depth reading may be caused by nearby buried metallic objects, such as a second cable, pipe,

sewer, fence or railroad track or from the signal conducting on multiple lines.

6. Conrm the depth measurement by repeating the above steps on the opposite side of the pipe or

cable.

7. A variance greater than 5 inches in depth measurement may indicate interference from adjacent

cables, pipes or other objects.

Buried cable or pipe (End view)

GroundGround

Signal Null Point Signal Null Point

Depth

45°

depth measurement 45º angle method

When adjacent cables or pipes are present, they will sometimes create locating errors. Some of the

transmItter signal is picked up by the adjacent conductors and is redirected so that it combines

with the original signal. The result is a Tilted Magnetic Field. This is often the reason that numeric

depth readouts are sometimes created in error.

The operator can verify the accuracy of path locate by performing the 45º Angle Method locate on

both sides of the cable path. If the right and left side depth readings agree to within 5 inches, the

path locate is accurate. If the two depth readings do not agree, then dig with care. A closer locate

would be halfway between the two outside depth locate marks.

This is an important technique that should be used to ensure the most accurate location possible.

tilted magnetiC field identifiCation