Instructions / Assembly
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What’s so special about this? Well, imagine that you can’t see the transmitter, which is just like a
real-world situation. In fact,have someone put the transmitter under a box or newspaper and orient it in
a way you can’t see. Using the circle method, you can quickly determine which way the transmitter is
lying. Using this method when locating the pipe, you can determine that the pipe lies along the line.
This is a useful method when ting to locate in unknown lines.
Now applying this to the job site.
Before staing any locating job, please ensure to follow these simple steps.
Suey the area before turning on the device.Once you have sueyed the area turn on the receiver and
switch to“Far”,and turn the sensitivity all the way up.Walk around the area where you will be locating
and check for source of noise or electrical sources that can cause issues to the signal and pick up as if
it’s the transmitter.Mark any of these“hot spots”so you won’t be fooled by them when you are locating.
Sonde locating
If you are locating a septic tank using a ushable transmitter,follow our ushing guidelines If the tank is
close to the building, you should nd it pretty quickly.If you suspect it is faher away, and its direction is
unceain,it can be helpful to tie a string or shing line to the transmitter.
Before ushing it,letting it go only 3 to 8 feet on each ush, so you can follow it better.
Find the“Peak Spot”.
Take the receiver in your hand and turn the sensitivity knob all the way up and ip the toggle switch to
“Far”. Hold the receiver parallel to the ground at waist level. Walk around the area you expect the
transmitter to be in, moving the receiver in an arc, back and foh.