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Accurately trace and determine the depth of buried wires, metallic pipes, and conductors.
Precision Locating. Designed for the Pro.
Featuring underground cable locators, wire and valve locators, ground fault locators, and more. Locate with confidence.
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Underground Cable Locators
Precision locating. Designed for the Pros.
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Solenoid valve location done right.
Ground Fault Locators
Accurately identify breaks in insulation.
Upgraded 521E Valve Locator
Power beyond its size.
Amanda Knows
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2025
The build quality and engineering is poor. I would be disappointed paying $50 for this even if it did work. It is made of very thin metal and low quality plastic. There are no seals to prevent moisture or dirt from entering the electronics. I would not expect this to last long even if it did work.Testing it, I could hear a tone but the gauge never moved. Attempting to use it to find an old line, I could only get a tone near the connection and barely anything a few feet away when turned all the way up. To make sure it was defective, I tested on two other lines installed a few weeks ago. They are 3.5 feed under ground and 40 feet long. I could not trace them either.Absolute waste of time and money. Returning immediately.
Jim G.
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2024
I tried this unit out locating phone and power lines that were just about three feet deep. Clamped the phone line and located line. Then clamped around the conduit for the power and found those lines as well.
Jon
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2024
I'm a geek with many acres of property and lots of buried power and data cables. This works so well in tracing both live and disconnected cables of many types. You can direct-clip the transmitter onto a disconnected cable, or use the clamp around live cables (including the conduit they are in). I traced a buried cat6 cable 1000' through a field with no issue, and a buried live powerline about 400'.I tried a bunch of other cheaper options previously and none even came close to this. It's pricey, but worth it if you need to make sure you don't mess up and accidentally dig a trench through a cable -- which could be far more costly to repair than this unit.
Richard J. Lishman
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2024
Like the title says. I should have ordered this year's ago. I couldn't justify the cost in my mind. Now I can't live without it. Accurate and well worth the money.
Rik Rodgers
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2024
I bought this to trace several buried conduits with old Cat5 in them, so I could replace the cable with fiber.So far, it's worked very well.
Delwyn J. Wendler
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2024
Traced with wiring well, but needs two people to operate to adjust the sensitivity without walking back and forth a lot. Needs a couple of hours to learn how to operate it well enough to narrow down the search area to less then + or - 6 feet and what the results are telling you.
christopher n.
Reviewed in Canada on April 24, 2019
So nice y need more
H. Boothe
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2015
I was a bit nervous spending this much money on a tracker since I'm just an individual property owner; I don't need this thing all the time. I have been very happy with this and I think it was worth the money. I was working on a property where I needed to run water and electric lines which I knew would intersect existing electric lines (five times!). I had previously used an Armada 300, and I found this to be easier to use, especially for electric lines, because of the inductive connection it can make (clamp included in this kit). Also, the rigid handle/pickup foot on this unit is easier to use than the corded receiver of the Armada. It's easier to be precise about where the line is (no waiting for the receiver to quit swinging on the cable) and easier to use in tall grass or brush.It took me a little time to get used to how the unit works and then to find my wires, but after a little practice I had no problems. It's been mentioned in another review (or the manual, I forget where I read this) to not turn the transmitter's power to maximum. I chose 6-7 on the knob. Then I turned the receiver on and placed the pickup foot near the wire I was going to locate with the receiver knob set as very low, just enough to tone that I was near the wire. I did this, adjusting the receiver power up as necessary, to track the wire about 10 feet from the transmitter. Then I placed the receiver's pickup foot above the wire (where I had the strongest signal) until it reached a level of 10 on the meter on the receiver. At that point it was very easy to sweep the receiver's foot left and right to trace the wire, adjusting the receiver level so that, when over the wire, the meter read 10, as I moved away from the transmitter.This unit can also be used to find the depth of the buried wire. I found it to be fairly accurate and easy to do.Anyway, I hope the instructions there help first-time users. I'm happy with the device. I now put tracer wire in all the trenches I run (water, electric, gas) on my properties (I have for the last year). Now that I own a tracker, I won't be at the mercy of borrowing one in the future.
djete
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2014
I use this tracker on my small RV park. This device works fine. While not built to the same standard as say a MetroTech tracker for tracking really long runs, its price is much more palatable. And it slightly easier to use since it "tones" when it finds the target, rather than "tone" when it is away from the target (MetroTech).Glad I bought it. I use this device along with a mechanical "utility probe" to trace things out.
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