07/2013
TRITEST
®
easy
6
6
Clip
7
Battery compartment cover
3. Functional
test
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Check the phase/phase sequence tester for correct functioning immedia-
tely before and after using it!
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Press and hold the blue push-button
5
to switch the tester on. The buzzer
sounds and the LEDs (green/red) of the probe tip
1
, the yellow LED
3
and the red LED
4
must be functioning (must light up briefly).
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Test the phase/phase sequence tester for correct functioning with a famil-
iar voltage source, e.g. a 230 V socket/5-pin CEE socket.
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Replace the batteries, if the tester switches off directly after being switched
on or if the LEDs
3
and
4
as well as the acoustic signal are getting weak.
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Do not use the TRITEST
®
easy, if not all functions are working properly!
The
TRITEST
®
easy is switched off automatically after approx. 5 minutes
(
APO
,
A
uto-
P
ower-
O
ff). An acoustic signal confirms that the tester has
switched off. Alternatively, press and hold the blue push-button
5
to
switch the TRITEST
®
easy off.
4. How the tester works
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The TRITEST
®
easy phase/phase sequence tester detects electric fields
generated by phase/external conductor voltages from 200 V to 1,000 V AC
(45 to 65 Hz) on.
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If an electric field is detected, the probe tip
1
lights up in red color and an
acoustic signal is emitted. The flashing frequency of the red probe tip
1
as
well as the frequency of the acoustic signal increase with the electric field
or the voltage applied increasing as well.
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The TRITEST
®
easy phase/phase sequence tester can be used to deter-
mine the phase (external conductor) of an AC voltage as well as the phase
sequence of a three-phase mains.
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The test does not require any current flow and no electrically conductive
contact with the system part, socket or insulated line.
- Please observe that the TRITEST
®
easy only responds to sufficiently
strong fields with a phase/external conductor voltage from 200 V AC on.
If the TRITEST
®
easy phase/phase sequence tester does not react, the dis-
tance to the live system part might be too large, the system part might be
shielded or the insulation might be too thick.
5. Phase/external conductor test of an AC voltage
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Press and hold the blue push-button
5
to switch the tester on.
-
The yellow LED
3
flashes to show that the tester is ready for operation.
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Place the probe tip
1
onto the assumed phase (external conductor) of the
system part.
-
If the phase (external conductor) has been detected, this is confirmed by
an acoustic signal and by the probe tip
1
lighting up in red color.
Attention!
Please observe that even if the TRITEST
®
easy does not indicate a phase (ex-
ternal conductor), a dangerous voltage may be applied to the test object. For
determining the absence of voltage, only use a two-pole voltage tester com-
plying with the DIN EN 61243-3 (VDE 0682-401) standard, e.g. a DUSPOL
®
voltage tester.
Note on testing insulated lines
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To localize interruptions of live lines (e.g. a cable break in a cable reel or defec-
tive lamps in a chain of lights), pass the probe tip
1
along the insulated line
from the feeding point (phase) in direction of the other end of the line.
For testing a cable reel, make sure to turn the shock-proof plug by 180° in order
to connect both lines to the phase (external conductor) of a shock-proof socket.
6. Phase sequence test of a three-phase mains
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The phase sequence test always requires a countercheck during which the
phase sequence must change.
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Press and hold the blue push-button
5
to switch the tester on. The yellow
LED
3
must flash.
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Press the blue push-button
5
again to activate the phase sequence test.
The LED
4
must flash in red color.
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Place the probe tip
1
onto the assumed phase (external conductor) L1 for
