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2025-08-29 21:57:12
I am searching for the phone line that comes up my 500 foot driveway in a rural setting to put in a sewer line that will go right over / under the phone / DSL line. At first I connected the leads to the 2 active lines. The receiver registered 53 volts. First good sign since phone lines have voltage and I was worried I might burn out the unit, which it did not. It signal only went out about 5 feet. I then connected to one active line and the ground. That turned out to be the correct connection; don't forget to turn the transmitter to transmit since turning it on does not automatically start transmitting. The user manual has lots of examples but being new to this, I wasn't sure which connection to use. The receiver comes on in AUTO mode, the most sensitive setting. It was so powerful, I stood there with the receiver at waist height and could follow the line at a walking pace. When I got to the spot where the sewer line was going to cross, about 250 feet from the transmitter, I put the receiver in the least sensitive setting by putting the receiver in manual and pressing the down arrow several times. Even at the lowest setting it still picked up the signal loud and clear. I then got on my knees and swept back and forth until I found the line and started digging. As I dug down, I used the unit to pin point if I was getting close. I did not want to cut the line so I was very cautious while digging with the shovel, even though in my area, the phone line is in a metal conduit. Just for fun, I even used the unit to find where my sprinkler values were buried. Overall, this unit is very impressive. I read several reviews of cheaper units where there were complaints of poor user manuals and weak signal. This unit is powerful and the user manual is very extensive... almost too extensive, but I would rather it be very detailed when I use it for more complex projects. Also note that when I first connected the unit to the phone line, I disconnected the modem thinking the transmitter signal would damage the modem / router. It started raining so I disconnected the unit and put the modem back online and had to continue later. When I went back out to continue hunting, I forgot to disconnect the modem. I finished flagging the spot and remembered the modem. It didn’t do anything to it and my internet service is working normally. I don’t know enough of the technical details of the transmitter to know if it could damage a modem / router, but in my case, it did not.
kcandkids
2025-08-23 20:03:55
This is a great locator...I used it to track a 1000 foot buried urd cable and it worked very well. The transmitter sends a strong signal through the cable and the receiver had no problem picking it up all the way. I had to dig up the cable at several locations for maintenance. Getting precision for digging...so you're not digging a large hole looking for the cable....is a bit of an art as you have to play with the receiver sensitivity while moving the unit on the ground, but it works.
Gary Gendel
2025-08-13 18:51:46
I bought this because of all the issues I had with the tethered device types. It's a bit more expensive but it does a much better job. I needed it soon after I bought it, but it will take some time to learn how to use it effectively. I didn't find the spot where a squirrel had mostly chewed through. The signal strength tapered so slowly that it wasn't until I replaced a few 100' long section that I discovered this. Looking back, I think it might have been telling me it but I missed it.
Nick Fankhauser
2025-07-28 16:54:52
I didn't really have high hopes for this product, but figured it was worth a shot given the low cost.My task was to find the power line between our house and well pump. Flipped the breaker off, then attached the transmitter to one of the hot sides at the well, and was able to locate the line under 4 ft of soil 60 feet away. I'm impressed. (see pic for actual situation)I think the main difference between this and the units costing $1,700+ is that you can only get *close* to the location, not perfect. I was able to narrow it down to a one foot wide path, which was sufficient for my purpose.The other issue to be aware of is cross-talk to other cables running near your target. When I had the sender connected at the well end, the receiver lit up near any part of the house wiring, probably due to cross-talk where all of the cables entered the breaker box.It also helps to have damp soil for the ground probe, or better yet, connect to a wire the goes to a grounding rod.Not as good as the gadget the 811 folks use, but definitely worth the price.
O. Wilson
2025-07-19 14:18:02
This took only about 2 minutes to set up and operate effectively. I was able to locate a concrete pipe drain line within 6 in accuracy at 3 ft below the surface.As a bonus, this works very well with the red lead attached to a fitting on a pressure washer jetter hose that has metal reinforcement, and the black clip on a ground stake.If there are multiple conductors in the wire that you are attaching to, the instructions are not super clear on whether it's better to attach the test leads to the multiple wires or just to the provided ground stake. I found that when I connected the clips to both conductors of The Wire I got almost no signal. My best result was connecting the red clip to one of the wires and the black clip to the ground stake.The manual sensitivity settings are confusing because I cannot get it to be as sensitive as the automatic setting by using the manual setting.
Guy J. Churchward
2025-06-13 18:19:09
I have been trying to find a buried landscape light step-down transformer... Bought a house and they buried 8 and I can only find 4.. I have tried banging on the ground, I have tried a thermal image camera for the heat signature to no avail and fell back to a wire tracer that said it could trace an energized wire...Well it didn't on a low voltage line AND even when I hovered it right onto of a step transformer box I know it didn't read at all and that’s 120 Input and live and I figured this thing is as much use as a $35 unit and for my purposes totally useless as the premium was simply for energized tracking ..disappointed on my requirements and misleading web information but the unit is beautifully packed, high quality finish so I don’t want to be overly harsh on the star rating just make the point there is misinformation here !
Richard D Zoet
2025-06-09 17:46:24
I use to use a very large tracer that was the size of a lunch kit and now they are so small and do the same thing in a small package
Robert Q.
2025-05-24 13:09:21
Gutes Gerät um Leitungen und Kabel zu orten und zu verfolgen, habe es privat im Garten sowie im Beruf beim Orten von Straßenbeleuchtungskabel verwendet im Erdreich.
MARTIN AMBRIS CONTRERAS
2025-03-21 13:01:04
FUNCIONA MUY BIEN Y FACIL DE USAR, TIENE BUEN SONIDO Y ALCANCE DE PROFUNDIDAD PARA DETECTAR
Morty
2025-02-17 12:12:06
Can't fault it. Within 20 mins of located the fault & carried out the repair. Without it, it would have been a nightmare & almost impossible to locate the fault.
Flavio B.
2025-02-05 17:04:47
Ho deciso di prendere questo strumento dopo aver provato uno strumento che costava la metà . In pratica quello meno costoso trovava solo i cavi in superficie e vedeva il cavo doppio.Questo Nofaya NF826 mi ha trovato il passaggio del cavo del citofono interrato a 30/50 cm nel giardino con terreno bagnato. Utilizzando una potenza del segnale al massimo e dopo aver individuato la zona impostandolo a 2 tacche ho scansionato l'area trovando il massimo, ho scavato e proprio sotto c'era il cavo.A dire il vero mi ha trovato un picchetto di terra oltre al cavo, quindi attenzione alla terra.Nella foto una protezione al naso per non graffiarlo
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