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justatech:

--- Quote from: allforthenukie on Oct 13, 2005, 04:34 ---        the telepoles full extension is not quite as long as a teletector so you will find that you can't reach some of the things you used to be able to.
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The are also an FME concern around the pool - the screws sometimes unscrew themselves - check the detector area - at the bottom there are two small black screws on each side - wrap a small strip of electrical tape around it - no more FME problem.

retired nuke:

--- Quote from: HouseDad on Jul 02, 2008, 07:05 ---We've replaced the poles on ours with a completely different style - think large knurled rubberized collars at the extension. If anyone is really interested, I could get hold of the info next week when I gat back to work. We also were able to use longer poles this way...
 ;)

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I talked to our instrument guys - they bought painting extension poles at a hardware store, and adapted the end to mount hte detector - they hold up pretty well, and are cheap. However, when they wear out, there aren't replacement parts. They are looking at replacing the poles that are worn out before our next outage.

Boilermaker:

--- Quote from: refuelflunkie on Sep 22, 2005, 11:22 ---We use them here at Entergy South.  It seems to be a really good meter but we have had a few problems.  The afore mentioned locking collars tend to strip out after a year or so and create a pinch point when surveying the overhead.  The other problem is where the detector housing is screwed into the end of the pole.  the screws back out and could become a FME problem when they fall out or when the detector falls off.

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Absolutely an FME issue.  We had that same thing happened to us with the screw.  Now all screws and latches are taped off before going into an FME area. 

Another issue to look into, I can't remember the exact reason, but there is currently a newer firmware for the telepole.  This firmware is as new as within the last 6 months I believe.  If you have the telepole, make sure you have the latest firmware update.   

rjc4243:
Another issue to look into, I can't remember the exact reason, but there is currently a newer firmware for the telepole.  This firmware is as new as within the last 6 months I believe.  If you have the telepole, make sure you have the latest firmware update.

The issue with the software change is that it now changes to the upper detector at 2.5 r/hr instead of 800 mR/hr.

SpyCat:
I have another post in this forum here regarding Telepoles, but shortly:
After maintaining dozens of Telepoles, I say they are elegant.  Teletector has many more breakable parts.  Yes the Telepole's telescope is horrible; but as mentioned above we did the painter-pole replacement on all of ours at Zion... NEVER had to work on the telescopes again.

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