TROXLER TroxAlert User Manual

Instruction Manual

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Radiation Survey Meter

Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc.

and subsidiary

Troxler International, Ltd.

3008 Cornwallis Road, P.O. Box 12057

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709

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PN 104260
October 2001
Edition 7.0

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INTRODUCTION

The TroxAlert Radiation Survey Meter provides an

inexpensive means of fulfilling the survey requirements of an
ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) program. The
TroxAlert is a basic tool that can be used to survey storage areas
and work sites to ensure a safe working environment.

The TroxAlert uses a Geiger-Mueller (G-M) tube to detect
alpha, beta, gamma, and x-ray radiation. The measured radiation
is shown on the scale and on the LED on the front of the case.
The TroxAlert also beeps when radiation is detected.

NOTE

TroxAlert reactions to natural background
radiation are normal and expected.

The TroxAlert has two switches: the
switch on the left-hand side of the case and the 3-position range
switch on the front of the case.

The range switch is used to set the measurement range of the
TroxAlert. With the switch in the X1 position, the scale

measures from 0 to 1 mrem per hour (0-10 µSv/h). In the

position, multiply all readings by 10 [0 to 10 mrem/h

(0-100 µSv/h)]. In the
100 [0 to 100 mrem/h (0-1000 µSv/h)].

position, multiply all readings by

X100

ON–OFF–BATT

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X10

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