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Limited Warranty and Limitation of Liability Your Amprobe product will be free from defects in material and workmanship for one year from the date of purchase unless local laws require otherwise. This warranty does not cover fuses, disposable batteries or damage from accident, neglect, misuse, alteration, contamination, or abnormal conditions of operation or handling.
AT-4000-A Series Advanced Wire Tracer CoNTENTS Precautions ....................4 Introduction ....................4 AT-4000-A Product Description..............5 Unit Description ..................5 Application Notes ..................9 Using the R-4000 with Thumbwheel............9 Using the T-4000-A Transmitter ............. 10 Using the A2202 Clamp-On Transmitter Accessory ......11 Finding Opens ....................
Advanced Wire Tracer has a history of providing safe, reliable operation in tracing energized wires, locating circuit breakers and locating wires shorted to the ground. The Amprobe wire tracer has the capability of tracing non-energized wires, locating open breakers and locating open wires.
AT-4000-A PRodUCT dESCRIPTIoN The AT-4000-A consists of two units: T-4000-A Transmitter (32.768KHZ, 9-300 V ac or dc) R-4000 Receiver (Non-position sensitive, Open / Short Tracing) Unit description R-4000 Receiver It has two built-in detectors that are tuned to pick up the 32.768Khz signals generated by the T-4000-A transmitter.
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Mode control Green - Unit ON Red - Low battery ➌ Sensitivity control thumbwheel ➍ LED Indicator: ON - High sensitivity BLINKING - Medium sensitivity OFF - Low sensitivity for breakers GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
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➊ ➍ ➋ ➌ ➎ ➏ T-4000-A Transmitter ➊ Banana plug jack ➋ Signal level switch ➌ Power ON/OFF ➍ Fuse (inside) holder ➎ 24 Volt jack ➏ 9V Battery compartment GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
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80mA of current to flow on top of the whatever frequency is present. To increase the signal strength, loop the wire around the clamp a few times or use the B2024 battery Pack. The A2202 will allow wire tracing GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
MTL-G Grounding Test lead And Alligator Clips APPLICATIoN Using the R-4000 with Thumbwheel 1. Turn on unit by pressing the ON/OFF push button. 2. Press MODE push button to select the sensitivity level GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
5. Turn the unit ‘ON’ by pressing on the ON/OFF push button- The screen should display ‘18888’ briefly. The transmission is ‘OFF’ GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
Non-energized lines must be grounded at both ends or made into a complete circuit. The signal strength can GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
7. Select ‘OPEN’ mode by pressing the MODE push button( the LED must be ‘ON’). Note: If the conductor is buried in moist soil, the ‘SHORT’ mode may give better results. GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
(B2024 or B2025) the unit will work in ultra high “U-HI” mode only. Remove the battery booster to return to normal operation.) 1. Plug the alligator clip cord set into the T-4000-A. GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
5. Select the ‘Short Range’ and ‘Low’ sensitivity. 6. Move the Receiver in front of the outside of each circuit breaker, as shown, to determine which one has the strongest signal. GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
2. Attach one alligator clip to the wire you wish to trace and the other one to ground. 3. Turn ON the T-4000-A. 4. Select the appropriate signal level. 5. Turn ON the R-4000. 6. Select the appropriate mode and sensitivity. 7. Trace the wire. GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
“U-HI” mode only. Remove the battery booster to return to normal operation. Locating Buried Conduit or Metal Pipe 1. Connect the A2202 clamp-on to the T-4000-A Transmitter and then clamp it around the conduit or pipe. GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
3. Remove the fuse. It is located on the upper end of the unit. 4. Use fuse replacement part #100721. 5. Close the bottom enclosure first, secure it with the provided screws. 6. Close the battery cover, secure it with the provided screw. GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
Turn ON the c) Signal cancellation transmitter and select the appropriate signal level. c) Use a separate ground or separate the wires. GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
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In either SHORT or OPEN MODE, the unit is non position sensitive Figure 9. Figure 10. GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Amprobe Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...
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