M-Thump5

The M-Thump5 portable cable fault locating system provides safe, efficient, and extremely easy-to-use solutions for quickly identifying, pre-locating, and pinpointing various types of cable faults in low and medium voltage power cables up to 6.6kV. This product represents a new generation of advanced underground cable fault locating systems that require less training than a traditional thumper-only system. The unit features a lightweight aluminium enclosure, equipped with handles as a portable unit, or as a permanently installed vehicle-mounted unit.

The M-Thump5 incorporates nine methods for identification, prelocation and pinpointing of cable faults in one toolbox, with an output up to 5 kV. These methods include:

The M-Thump5 unit incorporates Megger’s E-TRAY software. The E-TRAY software uses yes/no prompts to guide users through the entire fault location process. The software sets parameters, interprets results and suggests the next logical step.

This allows users to direct their attention on finding the fault without needing in-depth knowledge about individual fault location methods and without having to remember cumbersome manual equipment operation procedures. While the system is ideal for less experienced users, advanced users have the option to switch to ‘expert mode’, with full access to all parameters and settings, which they can then use at their own discretion.

All E-TRAY products operate identically, offering a standardised safety interlocked high voltage turn-on sequence across the board. Once a user becomes familiar with one E-TRAY product, they can easily use any other product from the E-TRAY family.

The E-TRAY user interface is available in 20 languages.