Locating Instruments: The Basics

Locating Instruments: The Basics

The Basics video collection introduces key locating concepts and terminology for the beginning to advanced operator.
This collection of videos includes:
1. Legend
2. The Basics Part 1
3. The Basics Part 2
4. The Basics Part 3
5. The Basics Part 4
6. The Basics Part 5
7. Conductive
8. Induction
9. Bleed-Off
10. Gain

Locating Instruments: The Basics
  • 1. Legend

    Video 1 of 10 in "The Basics": Covers the topics: colors, main concepts, graphics, fields, frequencies and utilities.

  • 2. The Basics - Part 1

    Video 2 of 10 in "The Basics": Covers the topics: conductors in a circuit, transmitting functions, peak and null, signal circles and alternating current.

  • 3. The Basics - Part 2

    Video 3 of 10 in "The Basics": Covers the topics: current, shape and endpoint; signal shape; earth, target line and cycles.

  • 4. The Basics - Part 3

    Video 4 of 10 in "The Basics": Covers current, shape and endpoint; level of current; three changes and a move; current flow reading and digital depth.

  • 5. The Basics - Part 4

    Video 5 of 10 in "The Basics": Covers inductive transmitting antenna, sweep, tire to the road, windings and orientation in the field.

  • 6. The Basics - Part 5

    Video 6 of 10 in "The Basics" - Covers the topics: not-round field indicator, compass indicator, compass antenna, horizontal sweep and non-metal to metal.

  • 7. Conductive

    Video 7 of 10 in "The Basic": Covers the topics of far-end grounding, milliamps, the grounding device, access point and current flow reading.

  • 8. Induction

    Video 8 of 10 in "The Basics": Covers inductive transmitting antenna, inductive coupler, visual endpoint, drop the box and 40-feet of separation.

  • 9. Bleed-off

    Video 9 of 10 in "The Basics": Covers current measurement, low-low frequency, low-high frequency, target line and non-target line.

  • 10. Gain

    Video 10 of 10 in "The Basics": Covers bleed-off, signal strength, ratio-metric, manual gain and automatic gain.