User Manual

Finding Shorts
Applicationsincludedeterminingcausesofbreakerstripping,fusesblowing,andcurrent
leakingonthegroundconductor.Thetracerlocatestheoriginofthegroundfaultordead-
shortinthesecircuits.
1) Connectthetransmittertotheshortedcircuitandpoweriton.
 a) Oneleadshouldbeconnectedtothefaultedconductorandtheotherleadto
ground.
 b) Ifthegroundfaultisinmetallicconduit,thentheconduitistheground.
 c) Ifpossible,groundtheadjacentconductors.
2) Turnonthereceiverandusethedefaultmaximumsensitivity().
3) Startingseveralfeetfromthetransmitter,useasweepingmotionandthebackofthe
receivertofindthestrongestsignallocationbehindthewall,abovetheceiling,or
underthefloor.
 c) Ifthesignalistoostrong,reducethesensitivityrange.
 d) Ifthesignalistooweak,connectoneleadofthetransmitterintotheopenconductor
andconnecttheotherleadtoaremotereturnpath.Then,repeatstep#3.
4) Continuefollowingthehighestreadinguntilthesignalstartsweakening.Thisisthe
pointofthefaultasthesignalflowstogroundinsteadofcontinuingstronglydown
thehotconductor.Reducethesensitivityrangeandusethenoseofthereceiverto
pinpointthesourceofthefault.
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