Fisher TW-82P, Operating Manual

Page 1: ...TW 82P Operating Manual DIGITAL LINE TRACER WITH PASSIVE POWER DETECTION Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 2: ...nductive Locating 7 Receiver 8 17 Control Panel 8 Standard Mode 9 11 Lateral Mode 12 14 Lateral Tracing Operation 13 Lateral Mode Programming 13 Passive Power Mode 14 16 Auto Power Down Receiver 17 Me...

Page 3: ...location is required so that the Transmitter can be placed and oriented on the ground near the utility in the most effective manner 3 Coupling In some cases a utility may be exposed but does not provi...

Page 4: ...4 CONTENTS Carrying Case Ground Rod Assembly Ground Rod Conductive Tracing Cables Receiver Transmitter 6 D cell Batteries Operator s Manual Calibration Certificate...

Page 5: ...ng battery indicator followed by a blank screen or the illuminated battery indicator An illuminated battery indicator means Auto Power Down is activated A blank screen means Auto Power Down is deactiv...

Page 6: ...put Jack 2 Connect the conductive tracing cable plug for conductive tracing When the conductive tracing cable is connected Signal Current will be displayed The Signal Current Bar Graph shows the quali...

Page 7: ...lugged in the Signal Current display will illuminate CONDUCTIVE LOCATING 1 Place the Transmitter on the ground and turn it off 2 Connect the Conductive Tracing Cables to the Transmitter 3 Push the Gro...

Page 8: ...ct volume settings In Standard and Lateral Modes tap the button to adjust volume 1 Mute 3 Medium Volume 2 Low Volume 4 High Volume In Passive Power Mode no mute is available Only volume settings 2 3 4...

Page 9: ...h Battery Strength 1 Signal Strength Indicates your proximity to the center of the electromagnetic field emitted by the utility 999 maximum value 0 minimum value You may find different locations where...

Page 10: ...NCE FROM UTILITY When you are standing to the right of the utility you will hear a constant tone and to the left a pulsating sound 3 Azimuth These rotational arrows indicate the utility s path relativ...

Page 11: ...ld strength and the roundness of the field The only 100 reliable method for determining the depth of any buried utility is to hand excavate 6 Battery Strength When battery life declines to less than o...

Page 12: ...lel to the main line as in the illustration below You must use Lateral Mode in this situation because in the Regular Mode you may detect the signal from the main line all of the way up to the house ev...

Page 13: ...g press and hold again To set the upper limit of the signal range press Each press of toggles through the program choices 50 100 150 200 250 or 300 Set this upper limit just above the maximum SIGNAL s...

Page 14: ...infrastructure and each specific area being located to interpret the character of each underground utility ABSENCE OF A DETECTABLE POWER SIGNAL DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT NO POWER IS PRESENT Among the im...

Page 15: ...play Azimuth depth and left right guidance will not be provided 6 When an audible signal indicates the detection of a utility a Move left and right sweeping beyond the range of the signal each time as...

Page 16: ...re complete coverage of the area map out a grid of intersecting lines covering the search area Walk the grid at intersecting right angles Power lines will be detected when the blade of the Receiver is...

Page 17: ...Power Down press any button once METRIC IMPERIAL UNIT OF MEASURE To change the Receiver unit of measure follow this procedure 1 Start with the Receiver OFF 2 Press and Hold for 6 seconds a The Receiv...

Page 18: ...ty to specific use Fisher Research Laboratory shall in no event be liable for any direct incidental consequential or indirect damages Output Frequency 82 175 kHz Output Power nominal Normal Setting 0...

Page 19: ...19 Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 20: ...the TW 82 35 x 7 x 16 Fisher Sonde Signal Transmitter 82kHz SONDE 82 175 Small transmitter used to trace the path of non metallic pipes and locate blockage in lines Sonde is inserted into a pipe or d...