Summary of Contents for TQC LD8100
- Page 1 T Q C L O W V O LTA G E P I N H O L E D E T E C T O R ® LD8100 - LD8105 User Guide V1.4 1117...
- Page 2 People with for instance a pacemaker or heart problems should completely avoid the use of this device. WARNING: Risk of electric shock The TQC Low Voltage Pinhole Detector (possibly) uses tensions that may cause a mild electric shock. The earth clamp detection will switch off the voltage...
- Page 3 WARRANTY TQC will grant a warranty for a period of 12 months for TQC Pinhole Detector and 12 months for all related equipment from the date of delivery in respect of any evidence of faulty workmanship and materials. TQC will extend the warranty for TQC Pinhole Detector to a period of 24 months from the date of delivery if TQC Pinhole Detector is licensed via the TQC Ideal Finish Analysis software.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 2.2 Availability of Safety Information 2.4 Dangers from Electrical Energy DEVICE 4.1 Ground connection detection GE TTING STARTED WITH THE LOW VOLTAGE PINHOLE DETECTOR 5.1 Assembly 5.4 How to operate the Pinhole Detector? - Page 5 ANNEX A | LOW VOLTAGE PINHOLE DETECTOR EXPANSION KIT...
- Page 6 1.5 Designated purpose The TQC Low Voltage Pinhole Detector is exclusively designed to The TQC Low Voltage Pinhole detector enables you to inspect various coatings on conductive substrates for small defects such as holidays and pinholes using the ‘wet sponge technique’ . Other applications constitute impro-...
- Page 7 TQC will not be held liable for damage resulting from improper use. Designated purpose also includes properly observing all instructions in the operation manual, and adherence to inspection and maintenance schedules. 1.6 Copyright The copyright of this operating manual remains with TQC.
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Page 8: Safety Instructions
2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 2.1 Meaning of Symbols The following symbols for dangers are used in this instruction manual. DANGER Possible immediate danger to the life or health of personnel If this guideline is not noted it can lead to severe danger to health, up to fatal injury WARNING A dangerous situation could be caused. -
Page 9: Dangers From Electrical Energy
People with for instance a pacemaker or heart problems should completely avoid the use of this device. WARNING: Risk of electric shock The TQC Low Voltage Pinhole Detector (possibly) uses tensions that may cause a mild electric shock. The earth clamp detection will switch off the voltage of... -
Page 10: Device
4. DEVICE The TQC Low Voltage Pinhole detector enables you to inspect various coatings on conductive substrates for small defects such as holidays and pinholes using the ‘wet sponge technique’ The grounding clamp shall be connected to an untreated piece of the substrate(which is electri- cally connected with the measurement area), where the wet sponge will be used to probe the entirety of the coating with the selected voltage applied. - Page 11 NOT reliable, and extra attention should be paid whether or not the earth clamp is still connected properly. WARNING: Risk of electric shock The TQC Low Voltage Pinhole Detector (possibly) uses tensions that may cause a mild electric shock. The earth clamp...
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Page 12: Getting Started With The Low Voltage Pinhole Detector
5. GETTING STARTED WITH THE LOW VOLTAGE PINHOLE DETECTOR The Low Voltage Pinhole Detector is ready for use as soon as you sponge wand and connect the ground cable and crocodile clamp to the device and the substrate to be tested. 5.1 Assembly A Device B Sponge wand... - Page 13 The grounding cable (C) must be inserted into the black bus (I) be on the bottom of the device. (near the battery compartment) The other side of the earth cable is plugged into the supplied crocodile clip (D). This crocodile clip must be connected. When used on an untreated piece of the substrate The bottom of the unit also houses the battery compartment (II) and the headphone jack (III)
- Page 14 5.3.1 Powering up the Pinhole Detector Hold the button until the TQC logo shows on the display. As soon as the logo disappears the device is ready for use. Below the start-up screen and the main screen: ->...
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Page 15: How To Operate The Pinhole Detector
Grounding clamp detected, Grounding clamp detected, Coating without defect Coating with defect NOTE The device will power itself down after 5 minutes of inactivity to preserve battery 5.3.2 Operating button functions The button can be pressed several different ways to effectively be able to use it as three separate buttons. - Page 16 5.4.1 Main menu Description ‘Press’ event Pinhole counter: shows Resets the counter to zero the current number of pinholes detected Voltage: 9 VDC The selected voltage will be applied Voltage: 90 VDC be opened...
- Page 17 5.4.2 Settings Description ‘Press’ event Buzzer (Enable / Disable) Buzzer enabled Buzzer disabled Vibration (Enable / Disable) Vibration enabled Vibration disabled (Enable / Disable) Screen dimming enabled Screen dimming disabled Toggle option This function selects whether the device automatically possible to disable the automatic power down function. Automatic power down Shows device information In this menu, the device model- and serial number will...
- Page 18 5.4.3 Power on / off Using this menu option the device can be powered down. 1. Navigate to the main menu 2. ‘hold’ the button until this screen appears: 6. GENERAL MAINTENANCE 6.1.1 Care, Maintenance, Repairs whenever maintenance, inspection or repair work is done. Never use compressed air to clean the device 6.1.2.
- Page 19 6.3 Calibration The device will be supplied ready to use (calibrated). In the event re-calibration is required the device will indicate this to the user. Please send the device to: TQC BV The Netherlands http://www.tqc.eu/en/service/repairs-calibrations 6.4 Batteries The battery status is displayed in the upper right corner of the display. The batteries will be emptier as the color of the indicator shifts to red and the bars decline.
- Page 20 7. SPECIFICATIONS TQC PINHOLE DETECTOR LD8100 LD8105 TQC Pinhole Detector: Basic Advanced Sensisitivity: 100 k Ω at all voltages Headphone output power: max 150 mW Operation: single button, menu-driven by a microprocessor Units: Binary indication (defect/intact) Operational relative humidity: 0-85 %rH...
- Page 21 ANNEX A | LOW VOLTAGE PINHOLE DETECTOR EXPANSION KIT - LD8155 To have full access in any area a special Low Voltage Expansion Kit (Art. no. LD8155) is available. This kit comes without the Low Voltage Pinhole Detector, however the detector and its standard accessories can be stored in it.
- Page 22 Trademark and copyright TQC TQC B.V. E-mail: info@tqc.eu Website: http://www.tqc.eu No part of this user guide may be reproduced by photocopy or print or any other means without express written permission from TQC. Tekst .TQC BV, © 2012 TQC...
- Page 24 TQC UK Po Box Surbiton, KT1 9XL - England janet@tqc.eu www.tqc.eu TQC GmbH Nikolaus-Otto-Strasse 2 info.de@tqc.eu www.tqc.eu TQC-USA Inc. www.tqc-usa.com TQC ITALIA S.R.L. Via Cesare Cantu’, TALY nfo@tqcitaly.it ww.tqc.eu TQC Norge AS Øv Tønsberg - Norway info@tqc.eu www.tqc.eu...
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