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Underground Cable Tracing.

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An P.V.C./P.V.C.  cable is run in steel conduit underground from a farm barn to another location. It may run underground to some nearby concrete slabs previously used as a base for wooden sheds, or it may run for about 80 metres to some distant  derelict outbuildings.

I am not too familiar with all of the types of underground cable tracers available.

Which would be the best type of cable tracer to use to determine its run? There may be other buried metal to confuse some tracers. Will a signal injected into the cable be able to be detected by a cable tracer as the cable in inside steel conduit?

The cable is currently dead.

Thanks,

Z.

 

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    Dowsing usually has an arrangement where tiny movements in the hand are amplified - e.g. holding out horizontal rods where a slight tilt of the fist will cause the rod to swing, or a forked stick under tension.

    This then means that slight subconscious movements or slight changes in the terrain will cause a signal. So for example if the dowser thinks they may be passing over a pipe or whatever, they may tense slightly, which causes a signal.

    So it “works” by a combination of the dowser's expertise (concious or subconscious), luck, selection bias (you forget all the times it failed), and the fact that in England if you pick just about any random spot and dig down, you'll find water or at least something of interest.

    Under controlled conditions, dowsers usually perform no better than that expected by chance.

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    Dowsing usually has an arrangement where tiny movements in the hand are amplified - e.g. holding out horizontal rods where a slight tilt of the fist will cause the rod to swing, or a forked stick under tension.

    This then means that slight subconscious movements or slight changes in the terrain will cause a signal. So for example if the dowser thinks they may be passing over a pipe or whatever, they may tense slightly, which causes a signal.

    So it “works” by a combination of the dowser's expertise (concious or subconscious), luck, selection bias (you forget all the times it failed), and the fact that in England if you pick just about any random spot and dig down, you'll find water or at least something of interest.

    Under controlled conditions, dowsers usually perform no better than that expected by chance.

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