CAT & Genny Cable Detectors
Everything you need for signalling, tracing and safely working around underground cabling, even within electrically noisy environments such as under HV lines. High grade CAT and Gennys suitable for use by all professionals.
Find out more about CAT & Genny Cable Detectors below.
- Improve the detection success
- Trace the route of a utility
- Make a depth or current measurement
- Pulsed and Continuous Signal Output modes
- Supports two signal application methods: Direct Connection and Induction
- High and Low switchable power output
- Adjustable signal generation
- Built for use with the CAT4 range of cable avoidance tools
- Loudspeaker, accessory tray and accessory slot
- Can be used with the C.Scope SGA3 Genny or as a standalone instrument
- Three detection modes: Power, Radio and Generator
- Includes an LCD meter and detachable loudspeaker
- Supports Direct Connection, Wraparound and Induction signal application
- Simultaneously outputs 33kHz and 131kHz signals
- Adjustable 1W power output
- Bundle pack with bag and genny
- Generate standard and ramped-up signals
- High quality detection tool
- Can be used to avoid cables and pipes
- Compatible with cable locators capable of receiving 33kHz signals
- High- and low- volume and power outputs
- Advanced digital underground cable/utility locator
- Multiple detection modes with different audio indicators
- Seamlessly works with the Genny4 signal generator to locate more buried utilities
- Three detection modes: Power, Radio and Generator
- Depth Measurement function
- Robust and fully weatherproof to IP65
- DD120 or DD175 models
- Automatic Pinpointing
- Advanced automatic controls
- Supplied with a Carry Bag
- Suitable for avoiding cables and pipes thereby reducing the strike rate
- Suitable for use with cable locators capable of receiving 33kHz signals
- Three models available with optional datalogging, GPS and Bluetooth capabilities
- Simultaneous dual-frequency: 33kHz and 131kHz
- Automatic Daily Self-Test (ADST) upon startup
- CAT4 with depth estimation function
- Quick and easy detection of signal-generating buried utilities
- Four separate signal detection modes
- Detects the presence of cables and pipes up to 3m below the ground
- Three modes of operation: Power, Radio and Genny
- Issues an audible alert outputted via a detachable, waterproof speaker
- Supports Direct Connection, Wraparound and Induction signal application methods
- Includes data logging capabilities
- Performs an Automatic Daily Self-Test on start up
- Locate cables and pipes buried to up to a depth of 3m
- Visual and audible alerts
- Three operating modes: Power, Radio and Genny
- Available in two models
- Depth measurement function
- Simultaneous dual-frequency output: 33kHz and 131kHz
- Wide range of frequency signal outputs: 512/640Hz to 131kHz
- Adjustable one-watt power output
- Three signal application techniques: Direct Connection, Wraparound, and Induction
- Dynamic Overload Protection
- Dig more safely with StrikeAlert
- Signal Clamping
- Supplied with a carry bag, 3-pin plug connector & 100mm signal clamp
- Avoid cables and pipes to safely perform electrical work
- Trace insulated cable
- Supplied with a carry case and 5-metre sonde (33kHz)
- Avoid buried services and decrease strike rates
- Enables drainage contractors to carry out work safely, effectively and efficiently
- Two models available with and without GPS and Bluetooth
- Suitable for use with multiple frequencies
- Can conduct depth measurements
- Easy-to-use tracing system
- Intuitive hardware and software
- Usage alerts and system diagnostics
- Detects underground buried utilities which generate a signal
- Comprehensive datalogging of your surveys with Bluetooth upload to phone/tablet
- Includes Depth Estimation and StrikeAlert functions
About CAT & Genny Cable Detectors
Everything you need for detecting and tracing the path of underground buried utilities is included in this section. Don't neglect underground safety; use this equipment to quickly find hidden utilities.
Cable avoidance tools (CATs) and Gennys are essential equipment for use by any excavation professional. As modern society becomes increasingly reliant on underground structures, including electrical cabling, telecom cabling, and piping, the complexity of underground systems has increased over time.
This leads to a higher danger for those excavating to reach cabling and other installations. The chances of accidentally striking a live cable, causing damage to essential systems, and endangering yourself when digging has increased exponentially, thus increasing the importance of using detection equipment to accurately determine the location of buried utilities and work safely around them.
A CAT is used for this purpose and can detect signals naturally radiated from metallic surfaces to allow the user to map out the path of an underground cabling structure. These tools are used to determine the path of most types of buried utilities, but some utilities, such as underground piping, do not give off signals for the CAT to pick up on.
For this purpose, a Genny must be used in tandem with a CAT. A genny is used to generate a signal that bounces through the ground around the CAT, allowing the CAT to determine the location of a utility as the generated signal bounces off the utility and returns to the tool.
Although it isn't always necessary to use both a CAT and Genny simultaneously, it is always best practice to do so. This way you ensure that you don't miss anything buried underground and generate an accurate map of the underground installation. If a genny is not used, the CAT could easily miss buried utilities that do not generate a signal, posing a potential risk to the professionals excavating the ground.
