Measuring Depth Of Cover; Before You Start; Procedure - Elcometer Protovale 331 Operating Instructions Manual

6 MEASURING DEPTH OF COVER

This section describes how to set up and use your Covermeter to measure the
depth of cover over reinforcement bars.

6.1 Before you start

• Are you using the correct search head?
See "Search heads" on page 27.
• What units of measurement do you want to use?
See "SETUP" on page 15.

6.2 Procedure

1. Connect the search head to the Covermeter.
2. Switch on the Covermeter.
3. Zero the Covermeter.
4. Select bar diameter - see "Selecting a bar size" on page 23.
5. Adjust sensitivity - see "Adjusting sensitivity" on page 24.
6. Locate the reinforcement bar using the sound, the LED and the display as
indicators.
7. The reading of cover is continuously updated on the display in large digits.
If you are satisfied that the search head is directly over the reinforcement
bar, record the depth of cover reading and move on to the next bar.
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