TECHNO-AC SUCCESS ATP-434N Operating Instructions Manual

Water leak detector

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table Page of Contents 1. Design and principle of operation .................3 2. Receiver AP-027 Appearance and Controls ............4 2.1 Preparing Receiver AP-027 for operation............4 3. Acoustic sensor AD-247..................6 4. Operation sequence in liquids leak detection mode ..........8 4.1 Connection of sensors and check the receiver operability ......8 4.2 Acoustic sensor AD-227 set contents ............9 4.3 Conduct fine tuning of receiver filter.............10 5.
  • Page 3: Design And Principle Of Operation

    1. Design and principle of operation Water leak detector «Success АТP-434N» is designed for: - detection of water leak from metal or plastic pipelines underground up to 6 m depth - detection of water leak from the pipes inside the house - detection of energized cable lines underground up to 6 m depth by passive method.
  • Page 4: Receiver Ap-027 Appearance And Controls

    2. Receiver AP-027 Appearance and Controls Fig. 2.1 selected parameter adjustment ▲/▼ power on/off button buttons (up/down) frequency button (filter frequency visual indication type button adjustment on/off) sound indication type button LCD screen parameter selection buttons (left/ ◄/► headphones jack right) filter button (broadband on/off) sensors connector...
  • Page 5 2. Set the receiver on the holder 3. Put one end of the holder below protective rubber of the receiver. 4. Put other end of the holder below the second rubber 5. The receiver is ready for the operation. It is recommended to adjust the length of the neck strap for more comfort during operation.
  • Page 6: Acoustic Sensor Ad-247

    3. Acoustic sensor AD-227 3.1. Set content of acoustic sensor 1 – Acoustic sensor AD-227 2 – Magnet for AD-227 3 – Contact rod for AD-227, (70 mm) 4 – Contact rod for AD-227, (150 mm) 5 – Carrying rod for AD-227 6 –...
  • Page 7 While working with sensor, please, make sure you are not pressing it too hard. The sensitive base may strike of vertical movement mechanical stopper. It may cause the unwanted noise in headphones and distorted signal. The distortion of signal may happen when sensitive base is placed incorrectly due to roughness of ground surface.
  • Page 8: Operation Sequence In Liquids Leak Detection Mode

    4. Operation sequence in liquids leak detection mode Equipment used: Receiver Acoustic sensor Headphones Fig. 4.1 AP 027 AD-227 4.1 Connection of sensors and check the receiver operability 1. Connect acoustic sensor and headphones to the corresponding receiver connections 2. Turn on the Receiver AP-027 3.In the start window on the receiver display: Select the received...
  • Page 9: Acoustic Sensor Ad-227 Set Contents

    4.2 Preliminary route inspection Set input signal level using sensitivity buttons и Switch on the measurement mode using the button Set the broadband mode . Place the acoustic sensor over Narrow scale indicator , by pressing the supposed pipeline location readings should be preferably the filter button.
  • Page 10: Conduct Fine Tuning Of Receiver Filter

    In order to enter the review mode: 1. Turn off measurement 2. Press the memory 3. Review memorized fields using the◄/► buttons mode by pressing button In order to leave memory mode press button - you enter the launch window, and then to return to the measurement mode press «start»...
  • Page 11 4. Conduct an analysis of the generated spectrum dark segments correspond light to the frequency to the frequency components of accidental components of valid interference (continuous) signal Frequencies where light segments prevail over the dark ones, are the most likely the interference frequencies that should be suppressed by pass band filter 6.
  • Page 12: Operation Sequence In Passive Cable Route Detection Mode

    5. Operation sequence in passive cable route detection mode Used equipment: receiver electromagnetic headphones AP-027 sensor EMD-247 Fig. 5.1 5.1 Connection of sensors and check of the receiver operability 2.1 To set the electromagnetic sensor from 1. Connect the electromagnetic sensor and transport to operating position.
  • Page 13: Conduct Receiver Setup

    4. In the start window of the receiver display: Check the received signal type as «continuous» (by any of Check accuracy of the buttons ▲/▼) sensor connection. If a «no sensor» symbol If it necessary, change the is lit on the display, check frequency of the second filter if the sensor is connected correctly.
  • Page 14: Route Location Methods

    8. Set the required gain factor of filtered signal to «×1/2/4/8», by pressing buttons ▲/▼ 9. Commence detection or tracing according to the method set in p.4.3, avoiding prolonged input/ output overloads 5.3 Route location methods 1.The Maximum method This method consists of positioning the electromagnetic sensor in the direction of the magnetic field created by the utility radiation (fig.4.3).
  • Page 15: Additional Features

    6. Additional features 6.1 Task: Indirect electromagnetic mode of depth measuring Equipment used: receiver AP-027, electromagnetic sensor EMD Tip: When determining the depth, one should take into account the terrain. In order to obtain precise results, select flat surface areas. Method: 1.
  • Page 16 Appendix A Receiver AP-027 Technical specifications Parameter Tracing Leak detection Type of accepted signal Uninterrupted /pulse Uninterrupted signal Range limitation Central frequency of quasi- “below” resonant filter 50..60 Hz,100….450 0,1/0,15/0,21/0,31/0,45/0,65/0, Frequencies of the receiver’s Hz through 50 Hz, 95/1,38 kHz filter 120…540 Hz through 60 Hz, Range limitation...
  • Page 17 Switching-on the receiver 1. Switching-on the receiver When the receiver is switched on, the display shows the following sequence: manufacturer’s trademark (logo) «TECHNO-AC», Business card of the Receiver with the Software version number and the Start window (fig.А.1). Fig. А.1...
  • Page 18 3. Scale window When measurement mode is selected (except the two-frequency), Scale working window appears first fig.А.3. Filtering Displays the frequency range scales with numerical and graphical representation of the pass band During work with AD: - pass band filter - broadband During work with EMD: - central frequency of the...
  • Page 19 4. Graph window The graph displays the changes in processed signal levels over time and moves at constant speed from right to left. The graph shows processed signal - in mode - change in the level of processed valid signal over time - in modes - change in the level of current signal value over time Narrow scale...
  • Page 20 6. Power range spectrum window The window is available in the electromagnetic mode of broadband and can be called for by the additional touch of a button . The display shows the industrial frequency spectrum of «10 ... 640 Hz». Maximum of emission spectrum of the power cable falls to 50/60 Hz.
  • Page 21 9. Audio indication The sound is output to the headphones or the built-in sound transmitter. Three categories of sound are used: - «Natural» without filtering (broadband) to the phones; - «Natural» filtered (narrowband) to the phones; - «Synthetic» (modulation of sound frequency by the level of the filtered signal) to the phones or to the built-in transmitter.

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