Locate Equipment and Modes
This is the most common locating equipment type.
What is Electromagnetic?
These 2 things make up a locate set.
What is Transmitter and Receiver?
To verify physical location or depth of a pipeline, workers must use these 2 methods.
What is Probing or Potholing?
We paint these lines Yellow.
What are Gas lines?
These are used at railroad crossings, high traffic areas and public roads.
What are Marker Posts?
The most preferred method of locating is this.
What is Conductive (Direct Connection)?
When locating a line, the locator should slowly sweep the receiver over the area to find this.
What is the highest signal response?
This is the action of digging to expose marked utilities using hand digging or vacuum excavation.
What is Pot-holing?
We paint these lines Red.
What are Electric lines?
If AOC’s or damages are found, this is who we would report to.
What is The Pipeline Operator?
This is what Conductive is also called.
What is Direct Connect?
When testing equipment in inductive mode, this is what we'd check.
What are sensitivity controls or gain adjustments?
This is the action of using a certain rod to locate marked utilities.
What is Probing?
Lines that are painted Orange.
What are communication lines?
Conditions such as rain, snow, high vehicular traffic, and construction can affect this.
What is placement of temporary marking/markers?
Inductive is the closed induction clamp or this...
What is Induction (Dropping the Box)?
Keep the transmitter and receiver this far apart when using Induction.
What is 35 to 45 feet?
Probing and sonar equipment is used to find these.
What are underwater pipelines?
Lines that are painted White.
What are proposed excavation markings?
The locate area may be pre-marked with this shaped white paint that forms a box.
What is L-Shaped?
These are the 2 methods of locating.
What is Conductive and Inductive?
Gain adjustments are measured in this and refer to the sensitivity of the receiver. (We pay close attention to this on our receiver)
What are Milliamps?
Compare and verify that physical ROW locations match maps, service record cards, as-builts, and construction drawings once this is done.
What are lines that are located and validated?
Lines that are painted Purple.
What are Slurry lines?
To appropriately react to electrical shock, stop work! ...After that, this is who we would contact.
What is The Corrosion Department?