Equipment Care

Feeding Technique: Pushing a Sewer Camera Without Bowing the Rod The rod bows when the hands are too far from the pipe. The grip, the stroke and the free length rule that put the push into… Drum Locks and Brakes on Sewer Camera Reels The knob on the side of the reel is not decoration. How the lock, the brake and the drag control the rod, how to set them… Screen Protectors and Sun Visors for Sewer Camera Monitors A 9 in screen that cannot be read in sunlight is a 4.3 in screen. The visor, the protector and the habits that keep a monitor… Exporting Sewer Camera Footage to a Computer The footage is on the card in the monitor. Getting it onto a computer intact, every time, is a five-minute routine that most owners improvise and… Sewer Camera Reel Bearing and Drum Maintenance A reel that drags makes every push harder and a reel that wobbles kinks the rod. The twenty-minute maintenance that keeps a drum spinning true and… Push Cable Kinks: How They Happen and How to Prevent Them Fibreglass rod bends until it does not. The three moments when a push cable kinks, how to feel one coming, and the habits that keep a… O-Rings and Seals on a Sewer Camera Head: Inspection and Replacement Two small rubber rings stand between the sensor and the sewer. How to check them in thirty seconds, grease them with the right stuff and change… Sapphire vs Glass Lenses on Sewer Camera Heads Sapphire is a listing word that means something. Why a sapphire window resists the grit that frosts a glass one, and when the difference is worth… Scratched Sewer Camera Lens: Causes, Prevention and Replacement The lens is a few millimetres of glass that meets every grain of grit in the pipe. How it gets scratched, when scratches start to matter… Sewer Camera Battery Care: Charging, Storage and Replacement The battery is the part of a sewer camera that wears out first and the one the listing says least about. How to charge it, store…