Triplett Fox 2 – PN: 3382 - Manual (Page 37)

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water, and the other clip to the wire to be traced. If neces-
sary, attach an extension wire to the 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 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
TrueTrace feature. If the boat is reasonably small, an exten-
sion wire can be attached to the grounded clip and run to
the far end of the suspect wire. Short the extension wire to
the suspect wire to see if TrueTrace activates.
LAN Cables:
Ethernet LAN cables may be traced with the FOX 2. Simply
plug the LAN cable into the RJ-45 jack on the FOX 2. If nec-
essary, use a LAN jumper cable to connect between the FOX
2 and a wall 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.
Do not connect the FOX 2 to a live LAN! This will not dam-
age the FOX 2, but it may “crash” the LAN.
Due to their construction, LAN cables tend to suppress the
tracer tone field. It is often necessary to get close to the