Triplett Hound 3 – PN: 3392 - Manual (Page 34)

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be used, but the water will act as the ground. Attach one clip
of the FOX or FOX 2 to a metal object that is in contact with
the water, and the other clip to the wire to be traced. If nec-
essary, attach an extension wire to the FOX or FOX 2 so that
the clip will reach the “grounded” metal object. If there is no
grounded metal object, simply drop the extension wire over-
board into the water.
If tracing wires in a boat that is out of the water, attach one
clip of the FOX or FOX 2 to the metal trailer frame, or to a
grounded metal object. As before, an extension wire can be
used if necessary.
Water is generally not conductive enough to activate the True
Trace feature. If the boat is reasonably small, an extension
wire can be attached to the grounded clip and run to the far
end of the suspect wire. Short the extension wire to the sus-
pect wire to see if True Trace activates.
7.2.10: LAN Cables
Ethernet LAN cables may be traced with the HOUND 3. If
using a FOX 2, simply plug the LAN cable into the FOX 2’s
RJ-45 jack. If necessary, use a LAN jumper cable to connect
between the FOX 2 and a wall jack. If using a FOX, the user
will need to make his own adaptor, to transition between the
FOX’s clips or its RJ-11 plug, to an RJ-45 plug/jack.
An adaptor is available that will allow the RJ-45 jack on the
FOX 2 to connect to a coax based LAN with BNC connectors.
See preceding information on Coaxial cables.