Equipment Care

Setting Up a Van or Truck for Sewer Camera Work Most sewer camera damage happens in the van. The layout that keeps the reel from rolling, the battery from cooking, the sewage out of the cab… Hygiene After Sewer Camera Work: Hands, Tools and Vehicle The reel gets cleaned because it is expensive. The hands, the wrench, the locator and the van seat carry the same sewage and get forgotten. The… Personal Protective Equipment for Sewer Camera Work Sewage on the hands, splash in the eyes and gas in a confined space are the three ways camera work hurts people. The kit that prevents… Two-Person Sewer Camera Workflow for Faster Inspections One person pushes, one watches and records. The division of labour that halves inspection time, protects the rod and gets the locate done before the camera… Entering a Sewer Line From a Manhole With a Push Camera The manhole is the street end of every lateral and the only entry to a main. What a push camera can do from one, how to… Entering a Sewer Line From a Cleanout: Best Practice The cleanout is where every good inspection starts. Opening it without breaking it, pointing the camera the right way, saving the rod from the lip and… Entering a Sewer Line From a Floor Drain With a Camera The floor drain is right there, the grate lifts off, and the camera goes in. What it meets in the first two feet, which heads get… Entering a Sewer Line From a Roof Vent With a Camera No cleanout, no toilet you can pull, so the rod goes down the vent. The roof safety, the fittings on the way down and the limits… Pushing a Sewer Camera Uphill: Technique and Limits Gravity helped the water and now it is fighting the rod. Why pushing a camera upstream is harder than it looks, how far a rod will… Rotating the Reel to Steer a Sewer Camera Head A push camera goes where the rod bends. Turn the rod and it bends somewhere else. The quarter-turn technique that chooses a branch at a wye…