Re: How to locate 22/4 jacketed buried in wall.

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Matt Ion" <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ABLE_1 wrote:
>> chasbo,
>>
>> Step One -- Shoot the drywaller in the foot so he won't think about doing
>> it again.
>
> Good plan.
>
>> Step Two -- Get a Toner/Probe as suggested by "alarman".
>>
>> Step Three --  Find it.
>>
>> Step Four  --  If it can't be located because it is too deep then take
>> any siren driver connect to other end of wire add battery and use above
>> probe to locate.  It will be very very loud and much easier to find.
>
> When you connect the signal generator, hook one lead to the wire, and the
> other to an earth ground.

What do you use for your Ground? In CA most of the new homes have plastic
pipe... Have you tried 25ft of wire as a counterpoise?
>
> It will be plenty loud then.
>
> Alternate idea: tie the drywaller up and force him to watch while you rip
> the walls apart to find the wire... then lock him in the house until he
> repairs the wall.