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Instructions for Use
After connecting in one of the configurations above and switching on
the breaker(s).
1. Powering on Unit – Once the unit is powered by the AC power
connection the battery level will be shown
on the display. The unit will be ready at this
point to run a test.
If there is no AC power connection the
Display button can be used to power the
unit on using battery power to show the
results from a previous test.
2. Starting a Test
– While powered by the AC power connection press the Test
button. The Fault Trapper will not run a test under battery power.
The velocity of propagation used for distance measurement is 70%
the speed of light, a nominal value for power wiring, and is not
configurable.
Before you start, note the time.
The Fault Trapper displays the elapsed time from when you start
the monitoring to when the fault occurs. You will need to know
the starting time to determine when the fault occurred.
3. Test Running – When a test is started "zero's" will be scrolling
left to right in the test results area and the up down arrows on the
left side will be flashing until a fault is shown.
Once a fault is found the up down arrows will continue to flash while
the test is running while the distance to the last fault found is shown.
The lower left portion of the screen denotes the time. Before a
fault is found the time will show how long it has been since the test
started. Once a fault is found the last fault will be shown and the time
will show how long the time was between the beginning of the test
and the last fault found.
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