Triplett Hound 3 – PN: 3392 - Manual (Page 21)

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connect one clip from the FOX or FOX 2 to the candidate
object (like a metal desk) and the other clip of the FOX or
FOX 2 to the target wire. Hold the HOUND 3 near the object.
A “good” fake ground will not radiate much tracer tone. The
tracer tone should be much stronger on the FOX’s other clip.
If it is not, the target wire may be shorted to ground, or the
fake ground may not be adequate. Generally, the larger the
object used as the fake ground, the better it works.
If the target wire is somehow connected to ground, this will
greatly reduce or kill the tracer tone.
TRIPLETT
TONE
HI
LO
CONTINUITY
TALK
WARBLE
OFF / LINE POLARITY
MULTI-WIRE CABLE
TERMINALS
TARGET
WIRE
Figure 4
Grounded or Line-to-Ground Tracing