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SubSurface Instruments Inc. 1841-C Plane Park Drive De Pere, WI 54115 Made “AML” is a Trademark of SubSurface Instruments In the All Material (Patents Pending) U S A Locator (AML) Operator’s Manual 920-347-1788 Phone 920-347-1791 Fax info@SSILocators.com www.SSILocators.com...
Table of Contents PAGE DESCRIPTION Table of Contents FCC/IC Statements Overview Parts Operating Panel & Battery Replacement How it Works Alignment of Signal Technology Overview 10 Search Method 11 About Pipes & Cables 12 About Other Objects 13 About Depth Estimating 14 Depth Estimation via Triangulation 15 Warranty Statement...
FCC/IC Statements • FCC This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
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“AML” ™ “Think, Point, and Shoot” • One hand operation. • No separate transmitter/receiver. • No wires, no stakes, no clips or clamps. • Metallic and/or Non-Metallic targets. • On/Off “Point & Shoot”. • 3 Sensitivity Settings: Hi, Med, Low.
Name the Parts Battery Access Screw Off & On Flashlight-type access: On/Off Knob 4-pos: 4 “C” cells recommended. Off, and… Handle (Insert “+” end of battery first) 3-high, 2-med, 1-low Green LED (Indicates unit “ON”) Left side target indicator Left Side Right side target indicator Test/Tuning Access (covered) Clamshell Top...
Operating Panel & Battery Replacement Green LED indicates when unit is “ON” Pointed Knob is “OFF” in left position, “ON” in High #3 Sensitivity “ON” in Med #2 Sensitivity “ON” in Low #1 Sensitivity Left Target Indicator: WARNING – DANGER Please Read Label When the Left Target Indicator “flashes”, it has detected the DO NOT ALLOW eye contact (yourself or anyone else) vicinity of a possible target.
Not drawn to scale – used for illustration only… How it works: A simple This is NOT Radar illustration. Extremely high frequency signals are transmitted and received in line with the front edge of the instrument. This return signal is processed on board and is reported to the flashing, then becoming steady, Red LEDs.
The Alignment of Signal to Target Provides the “lay” or “direction” of the target: Target Line Hard to Show in a picture: When the Red LEDs indicate Horizontal plane with Laser in Front that a target has been “locked” Center. onto, and the automatic RED “Position”...
Let’s explore further: If you use the “AML” to find those things that you know are “…somewhere over here. …run through somewhere along there… I know it’s down here somewhere, but I just can’t find it with my other locators.” You can see how valuable it is. You may not have been able to find these items at all before now, unless you hit one.
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• Turn on the “AML”. Stand still and point it across to the other side of the area… Scan a 6’ swath or less, at a time., even 2 to 4’ is better. (Pretend you are “slicing the earth” in front of you, attempting to “slice”...
I’d want to do the depth to the center mark (center edge). * • 10 to 12 feet is the depth that the AML has been repeatedly tested. Objects have been found up to 20 feet deep, but they were large and the edges were not precise.
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- Depth Estimate via Triangulation – True of any locator using this method - “AML” held “AML” held Vertical At 45 degree angle Pinpoint position Laser Pointer Laser Pointer Line Line Distance between “spots” is the depth* Marked Laser Spot...
SubSurface Instruments Inc. No other warranty is expressed or implied. Any unit suspected to be in need of repair must be returned to SubSurface Instruments Inc. at its then current location, freight prepaid and free of charge: FOB Delivered to SubSurface Instruments Inc. at the following or a new address at such time: SubSurface Instruments Inc.
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