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Re: [TowerTalk] DIY conduit locator?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] DIY conduit locator?
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:48:13 -0700
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On 10/28/20 8:11 AM, Grant Saviers wrote:
Trying to find a design for a empty conduit tracer.  We've dug at a couple of places at the 501c3 where it was "supposed to go", NG.  Seems to me this is a simple widget for energizing a test wire in the conduit or some sort of mouse - LF or magnetic placed on the end of a snake.

Some googling hasn't found a design so hoping a towertalkian has a design or link to one that works.  This 2" conduit was installed some time ago at 24" depth but where it routes is now lost.

The commercial tracers are $3000.  My budget is more like $20.  The usual AM radio and dongle SDR's are available.


You can rent them. Last time I did this (10 yrs) ago it was like $40/day. My gas line has a wire wrapped around it to facilitate detection. They have a pod that puts a tone on a wire, and the detector (basically a metal detector) will find it.

Or call the "dig alert" and they come out and do it (for a subsidized fee)
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