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Each instrument manufactured by AGI is warranted free from defects in

materials and workmanship. This warranty covers the servicing and


adjusting of any defective parts (except for fuses, batteries and other
consumables). The warranty is effective for 12 months after the date on
which the instrument was shipped from the factory as set forth on the bill of
lading, provided that the instrument is returned freight prepaid to AGI. If the
fault has been caused by misuse or abnormal conditions, AGI will submit a
cost proposal to the user prior to undertaking any repair work.
This warranty does not cover the costs of any steps that the purchaser takes
or fails to take as the result of measurements made using our instruments
or as the result of calculations carried out by the instrument or software.
If a fault occurs, contact AGI for instructions.
The 12 month warranty on all new AGI equipment and hardware is void if
third party (i.e.non-AGI built) multielectrode cables or switching hardware
are used with the system.

Using a 12 V automobile battery installed in a vehicle as an instrument


power source will void will void the warranty. Using an automobile battery
installed in a vehicle may damage the instrument beyond repair. Therefore
when using a 12 V battery as external instrument power source, it has to be
disconnected from the vehicle and placed on the ground on some insulating
material like dry wood or plastic.

Make sure to set the battery charger current setting (110 or 220 V AC) for
the appropriate voltage in your area immediately when umpacking the
instruments.
If a swift automatic multi-electrode system was included in the order the
shipment may also contain the following items:
ABOUT THIS MANUAL
This manual covers the MiniSting and the Swift automatic multi-electrode
system.
This manual uses the following conventions:
M6: Go to menu 6, by pressing the number 6-key
M7/F1: Go to menu 7, by pressing the number 7-key and then press the F1
key

The instruments covered by this manual


MiniSting : memory earth resitivity meter with induced polarization (IP)
capability.

Dual Mode Swift: the patented (pat. 6,404,203) automatic electrode


system used with the MiniSting and the sting. The unique advantage with
the swift, automatic dual mode electrode system is:
1. Dual mode capability makes it possible to use non-polarisable
electrodes for the potential measurement. Since this feature is
patented, it is only available with AGI equipment.
2. All dual mode electrodes can have their addresses re-programmed
without having to open them up. This is done with the Switf
reprogramming kit (part #921001). This feature is important, for
example, if one user wants to borrow a Swift cable set from another
user. The electrodes can then be re.programmed so that the electrode
addresses are in consecutive order. Another case is If n electrode
needs to be replaced by a spare electrode. The spare electrode is
then quickly re-programmed and placed in the faulty electrodes
place.
MEASUREMENTS
The MiniSting instrument is a DC resistivity instrument. The MiniSting is also
a time domain induced polarization (IP) instrument. The instruments
automatically commutates the signal, but for the resistivity measurement it
operates in the DC region of the signal.
The Ministing Instrument has two modes of measurement, the resistivity
(RES) mode and the resistivity/IP (RES/IP) mode.
The MiniSting can also perform self potential (SP) measurements.

RESISTIVITY MODE
In the resistivity mode, for the each measurement, the instruments injects a
current, reverses polarity and injects the current and then reverse polarity
back to original and injects the current again. The time for this cycle can be
selected from four different settings: 1.2 sec, 3.6 sec, 7.2 sec or 14.4 sec.
the default setting is 3.6 seconds.
Above method has been used in the sting instrument and has proved to be
very effective for resistivity measurements. If only resistivity data is
required, an advantage of this method is that it is faster than if the
resistivity/IP option is selected.

Resistivity/IP mode
When measuring resistivity/IP the current injection pattern is different.
The measurement cycle is: one period of current + ON, one period of
current OFF during which IP is measured, one period of current - ON

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