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Default Do "volt sticks" work on armoured cable?

Yes, one should be able to use a metal detector to find something in a wall?
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On 18/03/2016 18:28, Tim+ wrote:
Following an episode of depriving three flats of mains power for 8 hours
I
thought I'd buy some of those cheap volt sticks mentioned here recently.

Seem to work fine on ordinary cable but not on my armoured incomer. I
suppose I shouldn't be surprised by this but clearly they're not gonna
stop
me drilling into another armoured cable. ;-)

Out of interest, would the type of armour make a difference (say steel
versus copper)?

Tim

They aren't meant to be cable detectors. Surely a proper detector would
be better?

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