Superior Signal Company LLC
AccuTrak
®
VPE-
1000 User’s Manual
© 2015
1
Contents
INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION ......................................... 2
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION ............................................................................. 3
BATTERY INSTALLATION ............................................................................ 4
GETTING STARTED ..................................................................................... 5
L
EAK
D
ETECTION
... ........................................................................................... 5
T
OUCH PROBE APPLICATIONS
... ......................................................................... 6
PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION ......................................................................... 7
OPERATION ................................................................................................... 8
U
SING THE MODES
... ......................................................................................... 8
Setting the Sensitivity: ................................................................................. 9
Setting the Volume: ..................................................................................... 9
Selecting the Sensor: ................................................................................. 10
Adjusting the Display: ................................................................................ 10
“Hidden” MODE Options
............................................................................ 10
APPLICATIONS OVERVIEW ....................................................................... 11
1.
A
IRBORNE
A
PPLICATIONS
(E
XTERNAL
S
OUNDS
) ........................................... 11
Leaks ......................................................................................................... 11
Methods of reducing background noise interference. ................................. 12
Recording overall system noise. ................................................................ 13
2.
T
OUCH PROBE
A
PPLICATIONS
(I
NTERNAL
S
OUNDS
). ..................................... 14
Steam Traps .............................................................................................. 14
Valves ........................................................................................................ 15
Bearings and Moving Machinery ................................................................ 15
Charting your results .................................................................................. 17
Vibration .................................................................................................... 17
OTHER APPLICATIONS .............................................................................. 18
E
LECTRICAL
A
RCING
....................................................................................... 18
F
AN
B
ELTS
..................................................................................................... 18
D
UCTWORK
.................................................................................................... 19
P
NEUMATICS AND
H
YDRAULICS
........................................................................ 19
OPTIONAL SOUND GENERATOR .............................................................. 19
IDEAS ON HOW TO PROFIT FROM ACCUTRAK ....................................... 20
CARE AND SERVICE ................................................................................... 21
C
ALIBRATION
.................................................................................................. 21
W
ARRANTY
.................................................................................................... 22
INDEX ........................................................................................................... 23
