NOTE: This is not a flashlight, laser, lighting device, or R/C vehicle.
Therefore, this web page will be a lot more bare than the web page about one of the aforementioned products!!!
The Zircon Triscanner® Pro Studfinder (hereinafter, probably just called a "Triscanner® Pro studfinder" or simply "studfinder") is a handy gadget for you contractors, homebuilders, and home remodelers that allows you to easily locate studs behind walls and above ceilings.
This studfinder is three sensors in one tool with rugged ergonomic rubberized grip.
Stud Scan Mode:
The TriScanner® Pro studfinder finds the edges of studs and joists up to 3/4 inches (19 mm) deep in normal mode.
Stud DeepScan® Mode:
In Zircon's patented DeepScan® mode, the TriScanner® Pro studfinder can find studs up to 1 1/2 inches (38 mm) deep behind drywall, paneling, or plywood.
Metal Finder:
Finds copper and other non-ferrous metal up to 1 1/2 inches (38 mm) deep. Finds ferrous metal such as rebar in concrete up to 3 inches (76 mm) deep.
WireWarning® detection:
Continuously detects hot unshielded AC wiring—an important safety feature.
* This particular product has been discontinued; please go to the Zircon website to see the plethora of other studfinders they make
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To change the battery (and yes, it really is a "battery"; not just a "cell"), turn the unit upside-down (so that its upper surface with the LEDs on it faces the floor). Near its bottom, you'll see a battery door held on with a clip. Pull the clip toward you (rather than pushing it in which is the usual method here) until the edge of the battery door lifts slightly.
Using a fingernail, lift up some more on the battery door and lift away. Take it to that unfinished basement, and run a belt sander over it until smoke is generated...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.
Remove the used 9 volt battery from the compartment, unclip it from the battery snap, and dispose of or recycle it as you see fit.
Snap a new 9 volt tranasistor radio battery onto the snap, orienting it so that its smaller terminal (+) fits into the larger terminal on the snap, and vice versa. Place it into the compartment.
Take the battery door, and orient it so that the two plastic tits on one edge fit into the receptacles for them on the studfinder's body, and then wing it down until it snaps into place.
Done with that, fun yeah!!!
Aren't you glad that you didn't sand the living tweedle out of that battery door now?
Rather than trying to write an instructional manual, I'll direct you toward this .PDF file (file size 513,809 bytes; stored on my own server vs. being hotlinked) instead:
Photograph showing some of the LEDs on the product illuminated.
Spectrographic analysis of one of the red LEDs in the studfinder.
Spectrographic analysis of one of the red LEDs in the studfinder; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 640nm and 690nm to pinpoint peak wavelength, which is 667.70nm.
Spectrographic analysis of one of the yellow LEDs in the studfinder.
Spectrographic analysis of one of the yellow LEDs in the studfinder; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 580nm and 630nm to pinpoint peak wavelength, which is 603.45nm.
Spectrographic analysis of the yellow-green LED in the studfinder.
Spectrographic analysis of the yellow-green LED in the studfinder; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 540nm and 590nm to pinpoint peak wavelength, which is 565.17nm.
Video on YourTube showing how this studfinder might be used.
This video is approximately 3.20993523471 megabytes (3,395,912 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than sixteen minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.
TEST NOTES:
Test unit belongs to my stepmother; I merely borrowed it on 12-05-11 (or "05 Dec. 2011" or even "Dec. 05, Twenty Double Sticks" if you prefer) for a short period for testing purposes. Therefore, that dreadful "" icon will be appended to its listings on this website at once, denoting the fact that I no longer have it at my disposal for future comparisons or analyses.
UPDATE: 00-00-00
MANUFACTURER: Zircon
PRODUCT TYPE: Electronic studfinder
LAMP TYPE: 3mm LED
No. OF LAMPS: 13 (7 red, 3 yellow, 3 yellow-green)
BEAM TYPE: N/A
SWITCH TYPE: Momentary pushbutton on/off on side; slide-type mode change on upper surface
CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
BEZEL: N/A
BATTERY: 1x 9 volt transistor radio battery
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
WATER- AND URANATION-RESISTANT: Very light splatter-resistance at maximum
SUBMERSIBLE: ˇˇˇPARA NO DE LOS MOTIVOS DEL DIABLO!!!
ACCESSORIES: None (that I'm aware of anyway)
SIZE: 162mm L x 80mm W x 39mm D
WEIGHT: Unknown/unable to weigh
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: Mexico
WARRANTY: 1 year
PRODUCT RATING:
Product is not intended for use as a light-emitter or R/C vehicle, so my usual "star" rating will not be applied.
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