Located PB w/ a Cable Tracer

[theestimator1]

I’ve used a cable tracer to locate underground wiring about half a dozen times. This time I disconnected my polybutylene Yard Service, installed one 45ft long insulated #10 conductor and hooked up a battery powered cable tracer.

After tracing the wire, I was surprised to find that the signal bled into the water filled poly and I was able to continue tracing another 120ft, almost to the meter.

Tracing was no problem except one area where I got a strong signal in an oval area about 1ft square. Hopefully this is where I find our underground leak. It’s about 6ft away from some sunken ground and another 8ft away from a sinkhole.

Guess I’ll find out next week when we start digging.
I bought my 19yr old son a brand new shovel.


theestimator
Master Electrician
Maryland

[Terry]

OK,
Now we need an update

How well did the new shovel work?