Box-Style Wire Dispenser

Our wire dispensers are used in DCVG surveys of pipelines or other buried metal structures. This process assesses the electric potential gradients of buried pipelines and their integrity by paying out a fine copper grounding wire as the user walks the line. The long wire provides an electrical connection to the pipe. The distance walked is shown on a display.

The wire dispenser case opens down the middle allowing full access to the inside for re-loading. It can be set up with belt-clips or a hanger that clips onto with the Fremaco data probe bracket. Mounting the coil of wire vertically is best when the unit is mounted on the survey pole. .

Many users of Fremaco’s cathodic survey wire dispenser or “Wire Pack” have found they prefer to mount this unit grouped together with their other instruments and equipment. To facilitate this there are several mounting holes in the back of the unit. The standard belt clips can be removed to make these holes available.

As seen in the diagram below, there is a vertical groove that helps to locate the body of the wire pack against a vertical pole or probe.

Also provided are large holes in the base to act as anchoring points for stretch cords.

In order to have more stretch available in these short cords, the cords should pass through the large side holes and be anchored in the holes in the floor where the wire reel sits.

With the hook removed on one end of the stretch cord, that free end can be fixed into the floor hole by adding a nylon wire tie wrap.

* Make sure the tie wrap does not interfere with the free unspooling of the wire spool.*