Circuit tracer

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G01V 3/04 (2006.01) G01V 3/06 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2143766

A circuit tracer for determinating the location of a conductor, such as a wire, which is either an open or closed circuit, and which may lie underground. The tracer includes a transmitter which is connected to the conductor, a hand-held probe, and a re- ceiver which is connected to the probe. The probe has three different sensors: an electric field sensor (62), primarily for locating the terminus of an open-ended conductor or for distinguishing such a wire in a bundled cable or wires; a differential electric field sensor (64, 66), for determining the direction to and location of an open- ended conductor located above ground; and an inductive sensor (68) for determining the direction to and location of a current- carrying conductor, including an open-ended conductor ly- ing below ground. A switch selectively provides the output from one of the sensors to the receiver unit, which determines the mag- nitude of any signal based upon the direction the probe is pointing. By swinging the probe back and forth, and observing the re- ceived signal, the direction to and location of the conductor may be determined.

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