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Re: Finding a cable within a wall?!



Tape up one end of the cable and fit a plug to the other end.  Run a
mains
extension lead up into the loft.

Now you have a wire that can be found with a cable detector..

Nick.

On 9/10/06, noel_pilot <HA@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> Running a new cable from the loft - power but definitely for HA cos it
> will eventually be to power the loftbox!!
>
> I have the space between the walls ok, have pushed the cable a
> suitable distance down and think it should be near the socket i have
> in the bedroom below.
>
> Only trouble is, when I remove the socket below I can't see/feel the
> cable from the loft!
>
> So....how do I find it?! There's insulation between the wall, I was
> thinking about a pipe/cable detector but I believe that they will only
> find mains connected cables which of coures this isn't yet!!



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