Electrical live wire tracer (wall scanner)

[zillah]

Dear folk

Looking to buy professional and quality electrical live wire tracer (wall scanner) and send it as a gift to a friend of mine overseas as gift (cost up to $300-$500)

Wall type Gyprock and brick

Something similar to this :

https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/shinuo...ll-detector-without-battery-pnl0575c19eezxlr/
Can you recommend one that is accurate and used by trades

Thx

 

[Dimeo77]

Trades don't commonly use these. As their accuracy is based on too many unknowns. Any properly branded one will suffice as a gift, try Bosch, but I don't guatentee the recipients success!

 

[zillah]

Trades don't commonly use these

Are you aware what are they using ?

Any properly branded one will suffice as a gift

Noted

 

[Dimeo77]

Are you aware what are they using ?


Noted

It's not one thing, electricians assess using their knowledge of buildings, regulations, history, sight, and yes sound, and on occasion, but rarely, a device that attempts to notify the user of electromagnetic variation in the form of a cable finder.

 

[Dimeo77]

Maybe a contactless voltage detector would be a better gift, try a fluke LVD2, it's not for finding buried cables but it's relatively accurate at telling you if a cable is live, but again, this is not a guatentee of safety or accuracy, you'll need to be qualified and time served to improve that.

 

[Andy™]

drill bits are often good at finding cables, especially from DIYers

 

[kerching]

drill bits are often good at finding cables, especially from DIYers

They work visually and audibly!.....sometimes even olefactory ( that's today's big word O.L.E.F.A.C.T.O.R.Y. Olefactory)

 

[Dimeo77]

They work visually and audibly!.....sometimes even olefactory ( that's today's big word O.L.E.F.A.C.T.O.R.Y. Olefactory)

Olfactorily,