[sdiy] ot: tracing power cables in a house

[GothGeek Sysadmin]

On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 10:54:10AM -0800, Dean Stiglitz wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> my gf's father has a house half gutted, and half wired...the electricians have not come back to finish the job (because they didn't label anything when they laid the wires...they have no idea what wire goes where), and for the same reason, he has been unable to get someone to finish the job.
> 
> i was hoping to be able to help him out by at least identifing/labeling the wires in the basement, and where they go.
> 
> i've seen some tools ($100+) that do this, but was thinking perhaps instead to do a little diy approach.

I use a Fox and Hound setup.  This is a small tone generator and a pickup
that looks like a logic probe with a speaker.  Last one I got was $50 and
should be available from any good electronics supply house.

I also use this for tracing wires thru wiring bundles inside equipment when
I dont want to unlace everything.

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