What is a CAT 4 scanner?

The CAT4 Avoidance Mode™ lets the operator check an intended excavation area for Power, Radio and Genny signals, and pinpoint located utilities in a single scan. Features such as the bargraph ‘tidemark’ enable an operator to quickly spot a peak response and zero-in on a buried conductor.

What does a CAT and Genny detect?

The most important pieces of equipment you will need are a Cable Avoidance Tool, also known as a CAT or a Utility Locator, and a Genny. These clever tools are used to detect signals potentially being omitted from cables, but they have their limitations which anyone using them must be aware of.

What is a radio detection device?

In radio, a detector is a device or circuit that extracts information from a modulated radio frequency current or voltage. The term dates from the first three decades of radio (1888-1918).

What is a Genny 4?

The Genny 4 provides a class-first simultaneous dual-frequency signal output. Alongside the familiar 33kHz signal for general purpose locates, the Genny4 transmits a specialised Small Diameter Locate frequency which facilitates location of utilities such as telecoms and street lighting, including spurs.

How do you find underground metal pipes?

A metal detector is the best way to find buried iron and steel. There are several constants about cast iron pipes that make them relatively easy to find. Usually, at least one end of them ends with a valve, drain or fitting. The pipe should also traverse a straight line.

What does Radio pick up on a CAT?

The CAT has 3 modes- Generator, Power and Radio. Generator Mode is for working with a Genny to trace the Genny’s signal. Power Mode detects buried cables using the flow of electricity along a loaded cable. Radio Mode detects radio signals commonly found on metal pipes and cables such as gas, water and phone lines.

Will a CAT scanner find a water pipe?

The Radio allows the CAT to detect VLF radio signals that metal cables and pipes re-radiated. As a result, we can locate and detect metal pipes and cables used for telephone lines, gas and water.

How do you detect radio signals?

Radar is an acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging. In the simplest radar system, a radio transmitter produces a pulse of radio-frequency energy a few microseconds long. This pulse is fed into a highly directional antenna, where the resulting radio wave propagates away at the speed of light.

Can radar pick up radio signals?

Radar detectors sense the presence of specific RF signals used to check the speed of vehicles. Radar detectors are electronic devices that help detect radio waves or radio signals.

What does radio pick up on a CAT?

What is a CAT and Genny 4?

The CAT4 Avoidance Mode lets the user check an intended excavation area for Power, Radio and Genny signals, which recognises located utilities in a single scan. To further enhance the locator’s performance, put it together with the new Genny4 in Genny mode and make your task much easier and quicker when detecting.

What does Genny stand for?

genny (plural gennies) (slang) Clipping of generator. (

What is cat and Jenny?

CAT & Genny is a health & safety training course designed to give operatives and supervisors knowledge of conducting cable avoidance operations to locate underground services. On the course, you will learn how to correctly operate the Cable Avoidance Tool (CVAT) and the Signal Generator (Genny).

How do you know if a cable is buried live?

Underground electrical cables can be particularly hazardous because they often look like pipes and it is impossible to tell if they are live just by looking at them. Damage to underground electrical cables can cause fatal or severe injury and the law says you must take precautions to avoid danger.

Can a metal detector detect cast iron pipes?

And cast iron conducts electricity much more efficiently than dirt, rock or concrete, so large, iron tubes are readily apparent to operators of metal detectors. With a metal detector, you should be able to locate cast iron pipes that are buried up to eight feet underground.