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Device for finding cables and pipes prior to drilling
I've got one but it's years old - has the technology improved and has anyone got any recommendations?
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Device for finding cables and pipes prior to drilling
Murmansk wrote:
I've got one but it's years old - has the technology improved and has anyone got any recommendations? A nail works for me. Let's the electricity and water out just as well as a drill. ;-) Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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Device for finding cables and pipes prior to drilling
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I've got one but it's years old - has the technology improved and has anyone got any recommendations? Mine is a combined unit - cable pipe, live wire, stud finder and quite old. A friend bought the recent Lidl one on offer and I had quick chance to have a play... It included all of the above, plus an ultrasonic distance measure. It seemed a bit more capable, but maybe not worth the expense as I had one already. |
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Device for finding cables and pipes prior to drilling
On 09/03/2017 20:14, Murmansk wrote:
I've got one but it's years old - has the technology improved and has anyone got any recommendations? Some are better than others, but whether the age has much impact is harder to know. My Zircon Triscanner works well - and that must be a good decade old or more. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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Device for finding cables and pipes prior to drilling
Murmansk wrote:
has the technology improved IME not really, I've got a Bosch GMS120 https://www.boschtools.com/ca/en/boschtools-ocs/stud-finders-gms-120-35140-p I would *not* recommend it, it can give false positive and false negatives for mains cabling whenever there's any plasterboard within a few feet. A 20p neodymium magnet is far more accurate for finding joists/studs provided there are nails or screws in them. As for copper pipes it *is* actually quite good at finding those, even where they pass within brick walls. |
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