grant.kevin•1mo agoProlific Poster

I was sure this new wire tracing tool was just hype until a job in Phoenix last month.

We had a bundle of 50 wires with three breaks somewhere in the middle of a 20-foot run. I spent an hour with my old toner and probe with no luck. A coworker pulled out this new unit with a digital display and pulsed signal. I was ready to call it junk, but we found all three breaks in under 10 minutes. The specific fault distance readout was spot on. Has anyone else found a tool they doubted that actually saved a huge amount of time?

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felix_martin566d ago

Read a review that said the digital readout was a gimmick, but it sounds like the exact opposite once you actually use it on a real job like that. That kind of time savings is hard to argue with.

loganthomas1mo ago

What brand was that tracer? I've been burned by fancy gear before, but a clear distance readout changes everything. My old method was to just tone and guess, which eats up half a day on a bad bundle. Sounds like that tool actually works like the box says it does.

betty_ward1mo ago

Yeah, you hit the nail on the head. That guesswork is a total time killer, especially when you're dealing with a mess of cables. The good ones actually do what they promise, giving you that exact foot count right on the screen. It turns a whole morning of frustration into a five minute job. I wasted money on two other units that just beeped at you before I found one that worked right. The difference is honestly night and day.