Find electrical wire behind drywall?
Kiefer
Thanks
Kiefer
Harry
"detects" a hot wire through drywall, but it doesn't work very well in my
experience. There are more expensive tools that one can get, but they may
exceed your budget. Check at HD or Lowes or any good electric supply shop.
I guess I'd ask the follow-on question: once you find it, what will you do
with it?
H
"Kiefer" <boug...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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Mike Hartigan
@sympatico.ca says...
> Is there a tool I can buy to locate electrical wire behind drywall?
> Thanks
> Kiefer
easily. I assume you're looking for romex, however. I don't know if it
would work as well, but you might give it a try.
V.07
with some success. It will tell you if the wall's hot but not really where the cable run
is.
"Kiefer" <boug...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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: Is there a tool I can buy to locate electrical wire behind drywall?
: Thanks
: Kiefer
:
:
Rich Webb
wrote:
>Is there a tool I can buy to locate electrical wire behind drywall?
>Thanks
Gardner Bender's Circuit Tracker and similar instruments from other
manufacturers. They are usually sold as tracers to locate the circuit
breaker that is on a particular branch but they will work to trace the
route of the wiring inside the wall -- provided the wires are not buried
too deeply or shielded inside conduit. OTOH, wire-in-conduit may be
detectable by the better instruments in the "stud finder" family; some
can be tuned to preferentially detect metal. So, with a current
generation stud finder and a Circuit Tracker (and some patience), you're
in business...
--
Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
Tony Hwang
Simple compass will do. When it is near the wire, the pointer needle
will go wild.
Tony
Roland
if your looking for it on a one time basis or you need on a regualar
basis. The costs for a good tone system is $250 and up. It will find
it right down to the break. Greeenlee makes professional systems and
other makes at an electrical wholesale house. The magnetic "stud
finders" are of no use since copper wire is a non-ferrous metal. And a
tone generator system will give you a clear tone that can be pick-ed
up from several inches and even a couple feet below ground. If ist a
one time shot call an electrician that will garantee results with
proper equipment. Tonner equipment is the best.
"V.07" <sorry_...@address.com> wrote in message news:<e%ki8.9459$_m2.24...@feed.centurytel.net>...
Healthy in Hawaii
Your choice... Would you depend on a compass to protect your health or life? There are instruments that cost less then $100.00 that are reasonably reliable for home owners or week end workers.
Professionals usually get the best at several hundred dollars. They understand the risks that's why they are uninjured professionals.
On a broader consideration... what if you drill, cut or nail into a plastic water or gas line in the wall? Can a compass "see" water or gas?
Change your paradigm, change your results. May you have "Health, Happiness and Prosperity!"
philo
> On Friday, March 8, 2002 at 6:26:24 AM UTC-10, Kiefer wrote:
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