garren
Hero Member
Last night I discovered a water leak here and needed to trace a pipe. I knew, with an optional kit, my Fisher Gemini 3 could trace pipes. The kit is nothing more than a ground rod and a phono plug with alligator clips. I'm really not wanting to pay 39.00 plus 20 in shipping for that.
It looked easy enough to make one until I noticed in the product photo the phono plug is tip-ring-sleeve. Had it been mono it would've been an easy 50/50 chance of getting it right. ( I tried a mono jack and it didnt seem to work). The extra ring is confusing me when we only have two wires. I looked into the jack on the transmitter and it definitely has the contacts for tip-ring-sleeve.
The manual is confusing too. It looks like it is showing both the old style ground plate kit and the new style ground rod kit.
I was hoping that one of you electronic gurus would have some ideas on how this should be wired. Or even better if one of you had this kit and could open up the barrel on the plug and post a pic.
I did find the leak today but still want to get this Gemini rigged up to trace pipes in case I ever need it in the future.
It looked easy enough to make one until I noticed in the product photo the phono plug is tip-ring-sleeve. Had it been mono it would've been an easy 50/50 chance of getting it right. ( I tried a mono jack and it didnt seem to work). The extra ring is confusing me when we only have two wires. I looked into the jack on the transmitter and it definitely has the contacts for tip-ring-sleeve.
The manual is confusing too. It looks like it is showing both the old style ground plate kit and the new style ground rod kit.
I was hoping that one of you electronic gurus would have some ideas on how this should be wired. Or even better if one of you had this kit and could open up the barrel on the plug and post a pic.
I did find the leak today but still want to get this Gemini rigged up to trace pipes in case I ever need it in the future.
