Phil, I built my own bidirectional, two-wire beverages (probably very like the DXE units) and, in my opinion polarity only matters if you are phasing two beverages.
73, geo - n4ua On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Phil Clements <philcleme...@centurylink.net > wrote: > I have four bi-directional Beverages from DX Engineering. > > They tell you that when installing, make sure the ladder line side > connected > to the "+" terminal on one end is connected to the "+" terminal on the > other > end. > > They do not furnish a schematic, so I have been installing a battery on > one > end of the ladder line and reading volts on the other. I then mark the "+" > side with red tape. > > The rub comes in when weather or an animal breaks the ladder line somewhere > between the ends, and a repair is made. The brush and trees make it > difficult to take a trip 720 feet down to the far end to place the battery, > and then 720 feet back to the near end to read the results, then back to > the > far end to remove the battery and re-connect the line. > > It would be so nice and time saving to be able to take readings at one end > and see if the polarity is correct without all the leg-work? > > > > Any ideas out there? Does it really matter about the polarity? > > > > Thanks in advance for any advice. > > > > (((73))) > > Phil, K5PC > > > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK