Since its launch in mid-2017, Schonstedt’s Rex pipe and cable locator has been embraced by locating professionals. With its powerful, ultraportable transmitter (up to 5 watts and 100 volts, weighing in at just 3.5 pounds), Rex got high marks from the field right off the bat for overcoming poor grounding and high impedance and putting a strong signal on the target line.

But for some locating jobs, all that power and multifrequency capability may not be called for, so Schonstedt engineering responded with a stripped-down, lower cost version dubbed the Rex Lite which offers dual frequency (82kHz or 33kHz, plus 512 Hz) that calls for only 1 watt of power from 10 AA disposable batteries. Rex uses a rechargeable battery and built-in charger.

Like its older brother, the Rex Lite system weighs in at just over 7 pounds — including transmitter, retractable receiver and accessories — and fits easily into a custom shoulder bag.

Locator uses

Schonstedt magnetic locators are used to find cast or ductile iron pipes, corner markers, curb and valve boxes, steel enclosures, manhole covers, marker magnets, reinforced septic tanks, steel pipes, unexploded ordnance, and well casings. Schonstedt pipe and cable locators are effective and versatile tools for detecting and tracing the path of underground utilities. 

Schonstedt Instrument Co. was founded in 1953 and provides solutions for the detection and location of objects below the surface of the ground. Schonstedt designs, manufactures, markets and services magnetic locators and pipe and cable locators for surveyors, utilities (water, power, telecom, cable and sewer), construction and excavation. 

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