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2025-08-23 15:45:43
I needed to find an invisible fence type buried wire that was cut. This wire is typically 1-3 inches below the ground, with sections of it almost at the surface in the mulched garden areas. I can’t tell you if this would work with deeper wires but the box claims that it would.This tool worked quite well in locating the break. Quick once I was setup. Starting with a known location, I swung it back and forth tracing the wire farther and farther out, listening. The signal was distinct, louder over the wire, faded away with distance, and stopped flat within a few inches of the actual break. Then I switched the end of the fence connected to the unit and traced the wire up to the break from the other direction. I was able to find the wire by scraping away at the dirt in about an 8 inch circle down about 3 inches (In this case this was made easier by being able to see the dig marks of the work that broke the cable.). Without knowing the likely cross point I probably would have been within 16 inches.Device comes with 2 x 9 volt batteries and a small screw driver to open the battery compartments- nice touch. However with this unit, as with some others, you need a ground stake and a wire to connect the ground stake to the sender device, neither a stake nor a wire were included. You might have a piece of bare metal that can be inserted a few inches deep lying around, or an actual metal spike, and almost any wire could then connect- I needed about 5 feet of wire to reach from my dog fence wire in the garage to the ground outside.It was helpful to practice with the receiver first at a location where I knew where it was. Be sure to both turn on and then press send on both the receiver and sender (2 steps each)Except for the missing stake and wire this was a great purchase at a very low price
John F Brodrick
2025-08-21 17:00:44
I’ve had less than a year: used once and it broke. Tried new batteries. Very poor quality. I’d recommend another brand. Receiver works but the transmitter part doesn’t.
happy
2025-08-11 11:01:32
I have a circuit breaker to outlet tracer, multistrand cable tracer, ethernet cable tracer and metal detector all of which proved useless tracing a cable break in an underground 120 volt line. I thought about building an RF tracer or renting one of the $3000 units but then saw this. I knew the conduit was about 3 feet down or should be by code. any way, disconnected line at either end, rammed an aluminum rod into ground and hooked this to L (line). I had tones all over the place for about 10 feet in any direction. Per the booklet this puts out a 550 Khz wave, my oscilloscope said 450 Khz but seemed to be working fine. turned transmit power to minimum and tried again. picked up conduit location right away and found approximate break point. it is going to be approximate as the wave transmits in a rough donut shape from your antenna - the broken wire. close enough for a hole in the ground, worked fine. saved $.Well built, rugged enough for home use Caveats: cloth case nice but too easy to accidentally push on button and they sewed instruction pouch on upside down. the units do clip together for storage though. you must "tune" your search by adjusting transmit and receive units so think: lower is better. Comes with alkaline batteries, units high drain, needs alkaline. the airline style earbuds you might want to replace with headphones. FWIW opened cases. circuit boards good quality but absolutely not waterproof. Swinging probe in arc also not he most accurate technique. Strapped my receiver and probe to a fiberglass rod, works better holding it like a cane.
Michael
2025-08-07 10:44:45
I used this product to trace out my underground dog fence. Within seconds I was able to locate the broken spot and repair it. I would highly recommend this tool for anyone struggling with broken dog fences, I’m sure there are many other uses also. It was super easy to use, simply turn it on, hook it up and you’re ready to go.
Malcolm Jacobson
2025-08-06 16:05:58
It sort of for about 10 minutes (not very accurate), then completely stopped working. I replaced batteries just to make sure that was not the issue, to no avail. You get what you pay for, I suppose.
B. Brininstool
2025-06-10 14:55:04
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Kti
2025-05-22 17:11:44
It worked only after replacing the pos batteries. After new batteries it worked very well. Put the original batteries on the meter & both were under voltage.
Colin P.
2025-05-20 19:37:26
This underground wire finder worked great for me to trace a failed sprinkler wire. The wire even ran under a tree planter and it still picked up the signal. Handy for the cheap price.
Shelley
2025-03-31 16:02:14
Our 2000 ft buried dog fence failed. The unit was easy to use and I found the spot that was broken in 30 minutes, including setup.
Seb
2025-03-21 18:32:56
Top tu top .J'ai trouvé la coupure de mon fil périphérique en 5 minutes.Trop génial.Je recommande les yeux fermés
Eric Böwer
2025-03-08 11:08:09
So ein unglaublich gutes Werkzeug. Verarbeitung ist dem Preis entsprechend, aber vollkommen in Ordnung. Es funktioniert einfach perfekt. Und statt 300m hat es den Fehler auch bei 600m gefunden. Natürlich könnte man auch einfach die andere Seite des Drahts anklemmen um dann wieder 600m an Länge zu gewinnen. Und vermutlich geht es noch viel weiter. Ich liebe das Teil!
Davide Businaro
2025-02-06 18:26:15
Il filo perimetrale del mio robot da giardino aveva un punto interrotto, applicato il generatore di segnale, ho fatto un giro e ho trovato un punto da cui il segnale si attenuava... Poi ho fatto la prova collegando il generatore di segnale sull'altro lato dell'anello e ho avuto conferma dei punti deboli nelle giunzioni interrate!Senza questo apparecchio, avrei dovuto rifare tutto il giro del giardino con un nuovo filo e chiodini...
oiseau
2025-02-05 12:03:06
Oui il fait bip bip et il s'arrete de faire bip bip mais cela ne fonctionne pas correctement que pour découvrir ou est la coupure de votre cabel péréiphérique à moins d'être le nez au dessus !Mon cable fait 500 metres , j'ai couvert toute la péréphérie pendant plus de 2 heures et n'ai pu découvrir la coupure. J'ai dû déconnecter les 3 zones et etster avec un multimetre pour trouver la zone qui était mauvaise. Ensuite recoupere cette zone en 2 pour déterminer la partie mauvaise . En suite j'ai pu avec ce jouet trouver ou était la faute mais il ne restait plus que 20 metres de câbles !!! J'ai également tester sur une rallonge électrique de 50 metres déffectueuse et il est incapable de trouver la coupure . Bref c'est un jouet pour le gamin mais il ne sert qu'à faire bip bip : je déconseille fortement cet achat !
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