Connecting Microexplorer Camera Monitor To Microreel System; Microreel System Ball Guides; Installing Ball Guides - RIDGID SeeSnake microReel Manual Del Usuario

3. Without taking the nut off the screw, insert the screw
and nut into the hole on the opposite side of the cra-
dle from which the screw was removed. Firmly seat
the screw into the friction-fit at the bottom of the hole.
4. Unthread the screw. Repeat for each of the remaining
three nuts.
5. Position the cord-wrap arm and cradle on the rear of
the case, facing in the opposite direction. Make sure
the cord-wrap horns point outward.
6. Start each screw into its nut by hand. Tighten the
screws with the screwdriver.
7. Replace the display unit in the cradle.
Use a similar process for installing the display cradle.
Connecting microEXPLORER Camera
Monitor to microReel System
Align the microEXPLORER Camera Connector Plug with
the plug on the microEXPLORER Camera and slide
straight in, seating it squarely. The curved face of the
connector plug on the system cable faces upward, sliding
under the forward edge of the microEXPLORER Camera
monitor when fully seated ( See Figure 10).
NOTICE Do not twist the connector plug. Doing
so may damage the plug.
Figure 10 – Connecting the microEXPLORER Camera
Monitor

microReel System Ball Guides

Ball guides are designed to help center the camera in
pipes of various sizes, and keep the camera clear of bot-
tom sludge in the pipe. By bringing the camera head
closer to the center of the pipe they improve picture qual-
ity, allowing the camera to see equally in all directions and
help keep the camera lens clear during inspections (Figure
12) .
Ball guides should be used when possible, because they
reduce wear and tear on the camera system. If you run
into difficulty moving the camera head through a particu-
lar pipe, the centering guides can be easily removed.
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The placement of the guides can be adjusted along the
length of the camera head to best suit the job. For ex-
ample, you may find that placing centering guides near the
front end of the camera may bias the camera head up-
ward. This could be beneficial if you need to see the top of
the pipe during your inspection. Ball guides can also
help negotiate some passages .
The ball guides supplied with the microReel are identical
in function but of slightly different diameter and will not fit
properly on the microDrain System camera.

Installing Ball Guides

The ball guides supplied with the microReel System are
designed to slip easily onto the camera spring and lock
into place. The ball guide has two red sliding locks and two
blue latches.
1. Slide the red slide locks away from the blue latches on
both sides of the guide (Figure 11) .
Latch Tab In (Closed)
LOCKED/LATCHED
Figure 11 – Ball Guide Installation
Spread blue latch tabs apart to unlatch; press shoulders toward
each other to latch.
2. Press the small tabs on the blue latches so they
click outward (away from each other).
3. Slide the ball guide into desired position over the
camera head.
4. Press down on the shoulders of the blue latches so
the latches are pressed in toward each other, and en-
gage into the spring.
5. Slide the two red sliding locks back over their re-
spective blue latches so they cannot pop out in use.
Figure 12 – Ball Guide In Use
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Latch Tab Out (Open)
Blue Latches
Red Slide Lock
UNLOCKED/UNLATCHED
Ball Guide
Spring
Tab
Shoulder
Camera
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