A handline is used to make
discharge measurements or to collect water quality or sediment samples
where it is inconvenient to use a sounding reel or a crane. It does
not have a counter to measure water depth, and only 15 or 30-pound (7
or 14 kg) sounding weights should be used with it. The handline
consists of a Lee-Au handline reel, 40 feet (12.2 m.) of 0.10-inch
(0.25 cm) Ellsworth cable, a pressed sleeve connector, and a 10 foot
(3 m), 16-gauge/2-conductor, rubber-covered electrical cord with
adapter to complete the electrical circuit from the meter to the
headphone, counter or beeper. Additional electrical cord lengths can
be specified as required, 65 feet maximum.
