Valve Box Locator

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The Imp water valve box
locator / detector

Valve Box Locator Designed for, and with the co-operation of Severn Trent Water Authority, one of the UK’s largest regional water companies. Many other water authorities also use the Imp water valve box detector / locator
It will accurately locate water valve boxes and manhole covers faster than anything on the market. The Imp is deceptively simple in operation and appearance. It is extremely popular with the operators who use it on site.

Frequently used by those in the building trade who require a simple rugged instrument for scanning areas of ground before digging foundation. Can avoid very expensive damage to buried services etc.

Saves time and money.
It has a built-in filter to ignore metallic litter (such as cigarette cartons, metal foil etc.) without any loss of sensitivity or detection range. Avoids the cost of digging and refilling unnecessary holes due to false signals.
Can be used next to parked cars and chain link fencing.
Strong directional search field is unaffected by nearby metal objects. See illustration below.
Unaffected by moisture and temperature changes.
No re-tuning required even when passing over wet grass, or from sunlight to shadow.
Designed with the needs of the operator in mind.
Lightweight and well balanced so that it can be held in one hand without tiring.
Built to last.
Some of our customers have been using the same instruments for over 15 years.
Low cost water valve box location / detection equipment
If the cost of the instruments are taken over their life time then they represents superb value for money.
Backed-up by full product support service
The Imp has a full one year parts and labour guarantee.

Amazing time savings due to highly directional field and litter filtering technology

Imp Sensor Field

Highly directional detection field
Unaffected by nearby interfering signals. Simple metal detectors or water valve box detectors / locators simply cannot match this instrument in action.
Unique false signal filtering technology
Eliminates time wasting false signals from cigarette packets and similar metallic litter.
Deep detection range
Can detect inspection covers down to nearly 1 metre, even when obscured by foil packets and similar items buried a few centimetres down, above the cover. The Imp will ignore the litter but will detect the inspection cover.

Equipment performance ranges and dimensions

Approximate detection ranges Dimensions
Stop top box 50cm(19") Overall length 96cm(38")
Fire hydrant cover 87cm(34") Search head diameter 21cm (8")
Inspection cover 95cm(37") Weight 1.1kg (2 1/2lb)

 

Main Features

  • One piece construction: always ready for immediate use
  • Control box injection moulded in high impact ABS
  • Search coil encapsulated in epoxy resin for durability
  • Balanced lightweight unit for fatigue free operation
  • Instructions printed on the control box for ease of use
  • Single control knob for ease of use and single handed control
  • Audio signal plus headphone socket - can be easily heard in noisy traffic conditions
  • Ultra-bright visual indication LED - also double as low battery warning
  • Operates from 4 standard AA batteries
  • All our valve box locators are backed by a full one year parts and labour guarantee
   
Steller Technology Low Vision Specialists