http://www.focusdiy.co.uk/invt/269438

I bought one of these cable and stud detectors from B&Q ages ago, and
unfortunately I can't find the instructions. It has a switch inside the
handle that can be switched to one or two, and then two "volume" type
switches on the top. Can Anyone clarify how to use this? I can sort of
get it working but not to the point where I trust it.

thanks

My similar (but not the same), you hold it up in free space with the
gain turned up high enough to trigger, then gently turn it down until
it just stops triggering. Not a brilliant device though - I would guess
the latest generation devices work rather better.

wrote:
http://www.focusdiy.co.uk/invt/269438

I bought one of these cable and stud detectors from B&Q ages ago, and
unfortunately I can't find the instructions. It has a switch inside the
handle that can be switched to one or two, and then two "volume" type
switches on the top. Can Anyone clarify how to use this? I can sort of
get it working but not to the point where I trust it.

I had one of the, threw it away, they don't work.


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David Clark
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DJC wrote:

I had one of the, threw it away, they don't work.

I was just about to say exactly the same thing. Throw it away and get a
Zircon Triscanner Pro instead.

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Andy

Andy Wade wrote:
DJC wrote:

I had one of the, threw it away, they don't work.

I was just about to say exactly the same thing. Throw it away and
get a Zircon Triscanner Pro instead.

Do they work ok,if the the wall/ceiling is foil backed plasterboard. ;-)

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

I was just about to say exactly the same thing. Throw it away and
get a Zircon Triscanner Pro instead.

I would second that!

Do they work ok,if the the wall/ceiling is foil backed plasterboard. ;-)

Alas, nope. I have not found any stud scanner that can work through foil.

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Cheers,

John.

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John Rumm wrote:

I was just about to say exactly the same thing. Throw it away and
get a Zircon Triscanner Pro instead.

I would second that!

Do they work ok,if the the wall/ceiling is foil backed plasterboard. ;-)

Alas, nope. I have not found any stud scanner that can work through foil.


Thanks again to this group for the alternative trick for finding the
studs, which is to scan for the screw or nail heads using a magnet.
However, you still can't tell if there are pipes or wires behind the
foil.

Since all the studwork in this house is clad in foil-backed
plasterboard, I have no use for a stud finder here. Please can anyone
recommend a finder that will work well for just the other two jobs,
wires and metal buried under plaster?


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Ian White

wrote:

http://www.focusdiy.co.uk/invt/269438

I bought one of these cable and stud detectors from B&Q ages ago, and
unfortunately I can't find the instructions. It has a switch inside the
handle that can be switched to one or two, and then two "volume" type
switches on the top. Can Anyone clarify how to use this? I can sort of
get it working but not to the point where I trust it.

Well I had one of these and seem to recall that in stud finding mode,
it involved putting it on the plasterboard and fiddling with the
controls until it shut up. You then moved the thing around until it
squawked. This indicated that it had detected a stud - or a thicker
bit of plaster - or a nearby light switch - or a passing taxi using
its radio.

In cable detection mode, you fiddled with the controls until it shut
up and then moved it over the wall around the electrical fitting until
it beeped to show where the cable wasn't.

The one I had seemed unable to reliably detect either solid walls or
power cables when it was resting on them - I threw it away.

Perhaps I was unlucky.

John
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John White,
Electrical Contractor

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember John White
saying something like:

Well I had one of these and seem to recall that in stud finding mode,
it involved putting it on the plasterboard and fiddling with the
controls until it shut up. You then moved the thing around until it
squawked. This indicated that it had detected a stud - or a thicker
bit of plaster - or a nearby light switch - or a passing taxi using
its radio.

In cable detection mode, you fiddled with the controls until it shut
up and then moved it over the wall around the electrical fitting until
it beeped to show where the cable wasn't.

The one I had seemed unable to reliably detect either solid walls or
power cables when it was resting on them - I threw it away.

Perhaps I was unlucky.

I'd say it's a common experience. Mine is resting at the bottom of a box
of crap things that will never see the light of day again.
--

Dave