Step-by-step Instructions to find Irrigation Wires, Valves & Faults w/ the 521E Wire & Valve Locator

Tempo’s 521E is a great tool to help you locate irrigation valve control wiring and the connected solenoids. Irrigation systems are notorious for being badly documented and often overgrown when repair is needed. Technicians will save time and money by having a simple and reliable means of locating the cable and valve boxes.
We explain how the latest version of 521E Wire and Valve Locator is best used. Showing you everything you receive in the box, where the controls are, how to install the batteries and how to use it. The video covers how to connect the transmitter to the control panel, where to place the ground stake, how to control the receiver to follow the route of the cable. We then explain how to use the 45-degree detector to obtain accurate measurements of the depth of the cable. Show how signals can change as faults are approached and demonstrate the peak of signal you’ll find directly above a solenoid box and how you can narrow down to one specific solenoid in that box.
00:06 - Introduction
00:26 - What's In The Box?
02:00 - Installing The Batteries
02:52 - Hooking Up To A Wire
03:33 - Settings on the Transmitter and Receiver
04:36 - Sweep Around the Transmitter
05:14 - Tracing the Wire Path
05:32 - Determining Depth
06:14 - Locating a Valve
07:13 - Locating Faults
521E is the Tempo Communications Wire and Valve Locator. For more details visit: www.tempocom.com/521e/

[@PeterWhitney-nw8mo]

Does this have ac power noise reduction near power

[@TempoCommunications]

Hey, Peter! The 521E has aggressive, Triple Stage Filtration: a significant improvement over the 521A's signal filtration. That said, there are some AC power sources that will overwhelm transmitter signals. This is the case even for "Digital" locators, which attempt to interpret whatever the receiver’s analog antenna sends to the digital circuitry. Hope this helps.