Quick-Start; Getting Started - Elcometer 331 Operating Instructions Manual

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1.3
Standards
The Elcometer 331 Concrete Covermeter can be
used in accordance with the following
National
and International Standards: 8S1881:204, ASTM C876, DGZfP:32, DGZfP:83, TR60, UN110174
1.4
Convontions in these
instructions
A
simple menu
structur€ helps
you get the
most
from your
Covermeter
-
see "The
menus" on
gege
12
There
Bre
many references to this menu structure
in these instructions
As an example, the LANGUAGE option which
is
in SETUP from the MAIN MENU would
be shown
in
these instructions
as:
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MENU / SETUP / LANGUAGE
These
instructions include images
of
Elcometer
331
screens
with
units
set to
millimetres (mm)
Similar screens will
be seen
when the Covermeter
is set
to inches
2
QUICK-START
To configure the Covermeter quickly and start taking readings:
1
Charge the
batteries
see page
4
2
Fit
search
head
see page
5
or Fit half-cell probe and
cables
see page
7
3
Switch
on
see page
9
4.
Select
language
see page
1'l
5
Zerc the
Covermeter
see page
12
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Figure
1.
Elcometer
331
Concrete Covermeter (model
BH
shown)
6
To
locate a bar
7
To
measure depth
ofa
bar
8
To
measure half-cell potential
see page
14
see page
18
see page 21 (model
BH
only)
For an overview
ofyour Covermeter menus and functions, see pages
12
to
13
3 GETTING STARTED
This section of the
instructions
is
intended
for flrsltime
users of the Covermeter
lt
contains
essential information about batteries, assembling the Covermeter, the controls and the display
At
the end
of
this section you will be
ready to
take readings