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USAGEWARNING CARD
1. Avoid Connecting to Live Wires
Do not connect the transmitter's red and black clips to live wires, as this may damage the tester.
2. Avoid Testing Near Powered Cables
Do not operate the transmitter and target wire near other powered equipment or live cables, as this may create interference signals, impacting tracking accuracy and sensitivity.
3. Suitable for Single or Double Core Wires Only
This product is designed for single or double core wires.lt is not suitablefor multi-core wires, bundled wires, or twisted wires, as these can create crosstalk signals between target and non-target wires, resultingin misidentification.
4. Detecting the breakpoint but no for short circuit.
The product can detect the breakpoint of single-core wires .but it can notdetect the breakpoint ofmulti-core wires,and can not detect short circuit wires.
5. lmproving Signal for Tracking Weak Wires
If the signal is too weak to locate the target line, try clipping thetransmitter's black clip onto a screwdriver and inserting the screwdriverinto the ground (preferably moist soil) to improve grounding andenhance the signal.
6. Method for Locating Target Wires
When the receiver probe detects signals on both sides ofthe target wirean alarm sound will be emitted. The alarm will decrease or stop directlyabove the target wire. lfthe receiver sounds continuously during trackingadjust the sensitivity switch on the side of the receiver to reducesensitivity, then move slowly to locate the target wire.
1. Underground Wire Tracker helps locate and track buried and hidden wires, and can quickly and accurately locate the direction or direction of underground and through-wall cables.
2. It can locate underground sprinkler valve wires, dog fence wires, pipelines, invisible fence wires, buried wires in walls, network cable direction testing and tracking, etc.
3. It can detect and locate wires by yourself, saving you time and money.
4. Precautions for wire tracing are as follows:
1) Never use on live circuits to avoid damaging the tester! Underground wire trackers are only suitable for locating non-powered cables;
2) There should be no other equipment or powered cables around the transmitter and the target line, otherwise, interference signals will be generated, affecting the accuracy and sensitivity of the line search;
3) This product is suitable for single-core or double-core wires, not for multi-core wires, bundled wires and twisted wires;
4) If you want to find the target line from multiple similar wires, this model of product will not work, because it will generate crosstalk signals and cause misjudgment. If necessary, you can purchase other line-finding products of our company
5) Line-finding length and line-finding depth test range: The line-finding length range is 0-1000 feet when the target line is in a muddy environment, the line-finding depth is 0-3 feet, when the target line is in a steel pipe, iron pipe, PVC pipe, etc., there will be signal attenuation, and the line-finding depth is 1 to 2 feet.
Serious warning: When the length and depth of the target line exceed the test range, the line search will fail, please choose another model of wire tracker
How to Enhance the Signal?
To enhance the signal you can make the ground stud and connect it. (Screw knives or metal slices can be used as a medium for ground studs.)
How to find the wire locates?
Turn on the receiver and swing it back and forth. You will hear the sound "bi bi bi"; When approaching the breakpoint, the tone will weaken and then disappear.
Find the breakpoint
If the tone disappears. It means the breakpoint is at this location
External Earphones
Equipped a pair of earphones that can be connected to the receiver earphone jack to improve efficiency in a noisy environment.
How to properly install the battery？
You need to organize the battery line and put them on the front of the battery, PLEASE DO NOT put the battery line on top.
White LED Flashlight
VXSCAN F04 underground wire locator designed with a white LED flashlight for auxiliary lighting in the darkness.
james manter
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
Bought this because we were working a house someone else roughed and it was not done very well. This one worked better than the name brand product. It was accurate and kept us from punching so many holes in the drywall
Home Cook
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2025
This works okay. A little difficult to tell where the wire is, and the breaks aren't as easy to detect as it says, but it has been a help. Its ok for the money.
Phil
Reviewed in Australia on May 7, 2024
I have a Husqvarna automower with boundary and homing wires. Disconnection at the charging station and at the homing wire remote connection point and use of a multimeter showed one section of the boundary wire was fine, and the other two sections both had breaks and earth leakage. In both cases the audio output of the detector dropped off significantly around 1.5metres short of the actual break which must have been because of the effect of the earth leakage. Regardless, the detector did what It’s designed to do and the breaks easily found. The breaks were fixed and the mower is mowing again.
TXDIY
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2024
Ok folks, this thing does work pretty well. Some key points to find a sprinkler valve, it took me a bit and my neighbor came over and helped and once we figured out the main points, found the valve relatively quickly.1) make sure you hook up the ground. The instructions say to drip something in the ground and hook to that, in my case I just hooked it to a ground in the sprinkler control box and that worked fine.2) unhook the wire to the sprinkler controller and hook the red clip.3) "turn on" the sound on the transmitter. At first I didn't realize this was the procedure because when you turn it on the lights flash on the transmitter and it gets pretty loud.4) there are no lights on the receiver, that is just a sticker....5) You don't need the earbuds unless it is really loud around.6) drag the sensor on the ground "across" the wire you are hunting for. Listen for when the sound starts, peaks and ends. The middle should be roughly where the wire is located. Then move a few feet in the direction you think the wire is going and repeat. Keep doing this until you find the end of the wire.7) with distance from the transmitter, and with distance from the wire, the strength does decline. You have to learn to interpret this.8) My wiring was about 12" below the ground, and this thing had no issue picking it up.Bottom line: it does work, but it will take some time and some interpretation to find the valve.
Jay P.
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2024
The instructions aren't entirely clear as some other reviewers have pointed out, but it's not overly complicated.First, turn on the Listener (the unit with the dangling antenna) and see if you pick up any noise when near your wire. It should be silent, otherwise there may be interference that affects the next steps. (Note, I could pick up some static from my lawnmowers base station... Unplugging the boundary wire eliminated that)Second, connect the red clip of the transmitter unit to the end of the wire, and the black clip to something metal you can stick in the ground (I used an 8" screwdriver, not sure if it has to be that long).Turn on the transmitter, then push the find button (magnifying glass icon).Now a signal is being sent along your wire, which you should be able to easily pick up with the receiver unit. It sounds like a toy police car ("wee-ooo-wee-ooo"). Very obvious.You should easily be able to trace the underground wire/metal/conductor by waving the antenna around to find the noise. This was definitely true for my lawnmower guide wire that was buried up to 3 inches.If at any point you lose the noise, your break is nearby (maybe not right there, but within a foot or two. Digging up the wire should be easy, since you know where it is (be safe if it's buried deep!)This worked for one of my wire breaks (when I dug up the wire it was clear there was a clean break), but not the other. But the second break was likely an incomplete break (I couldn't feel it or see it... But a multimeter confirmed a high resistance segment). I suspect the transmitter is a little too powerful for my use case, and overcame the partial break.Still, this device did a great job locating my wire and one break, so worth the cost!
BR
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2023
First let me start with how bad the directions are. They are written as if one xscan employee is chatting with another xscan employee who is completely familiar with the product. Let me provide some examples: "determine whether there is an interference sound" Ok , what is that and what should it sound like? How will i recognize a interference sound from any sound the first time I turn it on? My device makes this obnoxious reeroo reeeroo over and over again. Sounds like a police siren. Is that interference? Is that noise?? It sure doesn't sound normal but that is all it does. next example: "if there is interference change the place to test" - OK, I have no idea what interference sounds like but if I did, change it from what and to what?? You never told me where I should test in the first place nor did you provide criteria for a good or even bad place to test. So this instruction is completely useless to me. Next: "Under normal conditions without interference, the noise is very small" - OK, what are normal conditions?? I'm trying to find a broken electric fence line, is that normal conditions? Define normal conditions for cryibg out loud as its completely objective otherwise. How do I know if I have interference? Tell me what a valid sound is so I have some sort of reference rather than to simply GUESS. "the noise" - what noise? The obnoxious siren noise mine makes? The sound of snoring? what noise???? And this is just in ONE SINGLE STEP. I recently bought a chinese hot water heater off of amazon, it came with NO INSTRUCTIONS for operator use. I had to communicate with them through amazon. Talk about frustration. Not acceptable. This device came with instructions but they create more confusion than help, and I am an engineer who is very handy. Based just on the directions alone, I returned it but I could not get it to do anything useful either. My advice, go elsewhere, the frustration isn't worth it.
John D Mirmak
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2022
I was easy to use but I would have preferred it to be harder to use but more accurate in finding my control wire for my underground sprinkler valve.
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