Review on Locate Cables with Ease – Greenlee 501 Tracker Cable Locator by Brian Kingsford

Not a bad design, but looks like one of my college projects. It's not that it's low quality, it's just not the class of product I would expect from a company like Greenlee. Metal housings are functional, but certainly not suitable for industrial use, weatherproof, sealed, durable. This is very similar to a project I did in college where we cut, folded and plated metal and used a few screws to hold the pieces together. for me in the end it just means that it won't last 5-10 years without very gentle treatment and can't be used in bad weather. Now the performance is excellent. It basically injects a sound into a wire or metal tube at one end and you have a probe (antennas and receivers) to determine the sound. The tone injection is done in three ways: connecting the tone generator directly to a conductor or tube (not recommended for live wires), a loop clamp that opens to clamp any conductor or metal tube (works very well and is the only method really needed) or a powerful inductor mounted in a box (not needed unless it's deep, used for a long time, or used to find communications you don't know where they begin or end, but two people are required - one to carry the inductor and another to carry the probe up to 20 feet). and when walking parallel to another person). I found phone, wire, and power lines on a 3 acre front yard in less than 10 minutes - very easy and straightforward. I gave it 5 stars because it's functionally superior, although I would like a more reliable construction - let's see in 5 years if I still feel that way.