Re: Finding a cable within a wall?!

["noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

brilliant, thanks, cable rods is the term i needed, will have a look
on ebay now! :)

Noel
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Chris Miles" <chrismiles@...>
wrote:
>
> Buy yourself a set of cable rods off ebay/b&q and tie your cable
to
the end and just keep feeding it till its where you want it to be.
>
> I used this method for getting 4 cat 5 cables from my loft down
behind the plaster and breezeblock to my living room at a specific point.
>
> Chris
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: noel_pilot
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 10:17 PM
>   Subject: [ukha_d] Finding a cable within a wall?!
>
>
>   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!!
>
>   So...any ideas from the professionals?!
>
>   Thanks
>
>   Noel
>
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