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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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    So the water pipe is only detectable if a tap is turned on and the water is running?

    That is very specific. A volt stick will indicate that there’s a voltage, it will not tell you if there’s a current.

    The whole thing sounds like an exercise in trying to prove a point that not many people would even consider trying to prove in the first place.

    The water board inspectors still carry listening sticks in the back of their vans as far as I know to allow them to lift a stop cock cover and place the stick on the stop cock and listen for leaks, there’s now sophisticated electronic equipment to do the same job, but those bits of wood work.  

    https://akrovalve.com/listening-sticks/listening-sticks/

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    So the water pipe is only detectable if a tap is turned on and the water is running?

    That is very specific. A volt stick will indicate that there’s a voltage, it will not tell you if there’s a current.

    The whole thing sounds like an exercise in trying to prove a point that not many people would even consider trying to prove in the first place.

    The water board inspectors still carry listening sticks in the back of their vans as far as I know to allow them to lift a stop cock cover and place the stick on the stop cock and listen for leaks, there’s now sophisticated electronic equipment to do the same job, but those bits of wood work.  

    https://akrovalve.com/listening-sticks/listening-sticks/

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