If you’re unsure why your drain is blocked then you need to investigate it further. Ideally, a look inside your pipes to figure out what is stopping water from flowing. How does your plumber do it without disassembling half of your entire bathroom you may ask...
The answer is a Drain Camera.
Before drain cameras made their debut, the only way a plumber could get a true
picture of the condition of their pipes was to excavate. This meant a whole lot of mess, digging, frustration, wasted time and often a huge cost to the owner.
By utilising the simplicity of a drain camera, your plumber only needs a very small entry point. With the correct equipment, you won’t believe just how easily, safely and cleanly the problem quickly turns into a solution. One of the most high quality and user-friendly cameras which fulfil this requirement on the market today is the Spartan Drain Inspection Camera Range. The Spartan Camera comes in a range of sizes suitable for the novice up to the professional plumber. Its pricing also reflects the customers needs as it ranges in cable lengths (from 40 metres up to 120 metres in length), so no job is too big or too small to handle.
Cameras are very versatile and can locate blockages within piping sizes from 50mm up to 300mm in diameter. Similar to how medical practitioners perform scans to determine what’s going on inside the body, Spartan drain cameras allow your plumber to conduct a more accurate pipeline inspection and better diagnose (and therefore solve) your blockage problem. Drain cameras investigate much wider and deeper in order to detect the root cause of blocked drainage.
Spartan Drain Cameras are used to locate the exact problem within your sewer line and pipes. Although these cameras are not directly used to fix the problem, they are essential in assisting professionals to find a direct response. Not only do Spartan Drain Cameras find the obvious, they are also full of features to make your life easier.
Welcome to the Spartan Explorer Drain Camera Range:
Each camera within our Spartan Explorer range includes these amazing features:
- Embedded Industry Standard WinCan software included. This allows you a no-fuss approach with your chosen computer application. No more double inputting of information. You can simply see the image on your computer or straight to your phone. Whether it be an android or an iPhone, it converts for you automatically.
- Other reporting software includes basic text overlay.
- Weather resistant construction. Locate any problem in rain, hail or shine!
- Can be washed down after use with a hose, ready to take to your next location.
- A tough, waterproof and ergonomic QWERTY keypad for ease of use.
- 10.4” Super-bright LCD display with auto brightness, especially if outside in the dark or low light areas.
- Rechargeable Li-ion battery with up to 9 hours running time. This is perfect for areas where power is on-site.
- Future-proof - software updates via the internet so your equipment will always be online and ready to use.
- Control box is interchangeable with all reel configurations. If you want to upgrade to a larger hose reel or simply have multiple sizes for separate jobs, you only need the one control box. Reels are available in lengths of 40, 60, 100, and 120 metres.
- Innovative easy-mount camera head to reel interface. The camera is clear and user-friendly.
- CCD colour camera with each model of Spartan Camera.
Explorer Accessories:
Each of these accessories are available for the Explorer range of Cameras:
Camera Heads: 
For alternative Camera Heads that can find the problem, Spartan has a 44mm Head, 29mm and the smaller 23mm Camera Head.
Locator: Our handy locator meets the rigours of the job and allows you to locate in virtually any pipe material as well as tracing existing lines from other services.The Spartan Locator comes in a hardy travelling Case and features a screen which includes directional arrows to point the operator in the
direction of the beacon. The locator has an accuracy of up to 25 feet.
It can work with six different frequencies: 512B Hz (beacon), 33B kHz (beacon), 65 kHz, 60 Hz, 150 Hz, 120 Hz.
Transmitter:
The Spartan transmitter allows you to place signals on pipes for easy line tracing and depth estimation using our locator.
Centering Heads:
To keep your camera centredwithin the pipeline, these handy attachments are worth their weight in gold. Cost effective and user-friendly. The Spartan Tool 29 Tool 50/165 and the small 23 Cam 40/90 centering guides are available for the Explorer Range.
The Spartan Traveler 2.0 Sewer Camera (64200000):
The handy Spartan Traveler 2.0 travelling companion is an outstanding smaller compact unit.
You can take it anywhere, any job site as it has 6 hours battery life ability. Its features consist of:
- Removable pushrod reel in case your reel is damaged, simply replace
- Upgraded electronics and LED indicators for a more reliable operation
- Self-contained, closed-reel suitcase design
- Waterproof, self-levelling camera head with sapphire glass lens
- 60m self-contained push rod with woven fibre jacket
- Operates with Telestar technology that allows you to highlight any problem with a touch of a finger
- Touchscreen control, which also features a full QWERTY keyboard
- Removable Apple® iPad communicates via WiFi router connection
- Up to six hours of battery life on a single charge
- Freeze-frame snapshot capability at any tim
- Add text at any time to any video or snapshot, changeable font sizes, colours, and location
- Built-in microphone that allows easy job site narration
- Full tablet capabilities that allow you to email a recorded video at any time
- Touchscreen control, which also features a full QWERTY keyboard
- Removable Apple® iPad communicates via WiFi router connection
- Up to six hours of battery life on a single charge
- Freeze-frame snapshot capability at any time
- Add text at any time to any video or snapshot, changeable font sizes, colours, and location
- Built-in microphone that allows easy job site narrationFull tablet capabilities that allow you
to email a recorded video at any time.
- Pushrod Reel Length: 60m
- Length: 660mm
- Width: 572mm
- Height: 305mm
Accessories:
Trap Eze: The optional Trap Eze ultra-flexible camera allows quick peeks into small drain lines, often without removing the trap. It can easily connect to the Sparvision Traveler 2.0 camera system, which automatically senses when the Trap Eze camera has been attached.
Locator & Transmitter: are also handy additions to assist you in BOTH locating obstructions in most materials and tracing existing lines from other services. The Transmitter allows line tracing and depth estimation.
Centering Heads:
To keep your camera centred within the pipeline, these handy attachments are worth their weight in gold.Cost effective and user-friendly.The Spartan Tool 29 Tool 50/165 and the small 23 Cam 40/90 centering guides are available for the Explorer Range.
Most Common Types of Pipe Blockage Problems
Pipes may be disguised by wall in all areas of your home but that doesn’t mean that they are not prone to damage. Here are the most frequent and common issues that may plague your pipes, which can be detected through camera inspection:
- Tree roots: If you have very large or multiple trees in your area, some of the roots may have broken off and fallen into your sewer line. When this happens and nothing is done about it, the tree roots can cause damage to your sewer or pipe lines.
- Pipe problems: The soil which surrounds your pipes and sewer lines can often shift over time, therefore your pipes may end up collapsing, developing cracks or even become misaligned and broken.
- An unknown blockage: This can happen when a buildup of grease, leaves or other objects get stuck in your pipes or sewer lines. These obstructions make it difficult for water to flow freely.
- Deterioration or corrosion of metal pipes: Older pipes and sewer lines were often made with materials other than PVC piping. The use of metal properties in the pipes themselves can make them prone to deterioration and corrosion, which might cause them to collapse.
- Bellied pipes or leaking joints: Bellied pipes occur when a part of the pipe has descended which then allows for waste and other debris to gather. Leaking joints are caused by broken seals between pipes.
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