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Depth indication

5 things filed against this subject, in every format the Bureau holds.

Courses

Cutaway of a street at night: a lit column on the pavement, terraced houses behind, and a buried cable glowing orange where a signal has been applied

Locating Street Lighting

One connection at a lighting column can hand you the whole street. Six steps on why you start there, how the lighting is wired, and getting a signal onto the column.

Start the course →6 steps · ~15 min

Videos

Video

Direct Connection: Street Lighting, LV and Telecoms

Setting up and earthing the Genny4, connecting at a lighting column, what to do when the column is concrete, gas risers, and the approvals you need before a telecoms lid comes up.

Watch 6:06 Video

Locating HV Cables with a Genny and CAT

Techniques and the things that make HV harder than LV: where you can and cannot get a connection, what the signal does on a bonded network, and how to read what comes back.

Watch 12:40 Video

Genny and CAT Training: The Full Run-Through

The whole method end to end in under ten minutes — pre-use checks, applying a signal, locating, pinpointing and taking a depth reading.

Watch 9:40

In the handbook

Whole handbook →

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