UG pipe location trick?

[romex jockey]

So we have a house, and a barn, pipe w/out anything in it is suspected to travel out to the barn.

We fished it ,but could not locate it @ the barn

We pulled the fish out, and laid it on the ground,and it was well inside the barn

So , is there a tool or trick that helps ?

thx to all helpful replies

~RJ~

 

[Hv&Lv]

Metal detector works pretty good if you don’t have a pipe horn.
hook a water hose to it and look for a muddy spot.

 

[GoldDigger]

Blow compressed air into it and listen for the noise.
Are the barn walls covered or open stud?

 

[romex jockey]

air & water might work.....not sure about metal detector(s) in a barn full of metal......& it's a 'log barn' matching the log cabin......~RJ~

 

[ptonsparky]

A cable locator. Ours will locate a metal gas line, it sure should a metal conduit.

Tie a 16 stranded to the fiberglass fish tape. Shove it in, then locate the wire, or put the signal on a metallic fish tape.

 

[ActionDave]

A cable locator. Ours will locate a metal gas line, it sure should a metal conduit.

Tie a 16 stranded to the fiberglass fish tape. Shove it in, then locate the wire, or put the signal on a metallic fish tape.

:thumbsup:

 

[romex jockey]

didn't think of that...thx....:dunce: ~RJ~

 

[cowboyjwc]

Dowsing rods. I know they don't work for everyone, but I have fairly good luck with them.

 

[roger]

A cable locator. Ours will locate a metal gas line, it sure should a metal conduit.

Tie a 16 stranded to the fiberglass fish tape. Shove it in, then locate the wire, or put the signal on a metallic fish tape.

Yep. :thumbsup:

Roger

 

[roger]

Dowsing rods. I know they don't work for everyone, but I have fairly good luck with them.

Over the years I've had a couple guys work for me that could use them.

Roger

 

[synchro]

In your situation a cable locator would normally have one transmitter lead connected to the metal pipe and the other to a local earth ground (even a screwdriver stuck into the ground). If this works out that's fine.

However, the signal may die out too soon because most of the signal returns locally though the nearby earth ground. If the signal dies out too much when you move outward to the required distance I suggest the following:
Insert a small ground rod in the earth somewhat beyond where you are interested (like the other side of the barn). Then connect the transmitter's ground terminal to this ground rod using a wire that's 1.5 to 2 times longer than a direct route so this wire can be moved well away from the suspected path of the pipe. That way you have a larger current loop for the test signal, and so the ground return current doesn't interfere with the magnetic field around the pipe that you want to detect. Also, the transmitter signal current will flow through most of the pipe without significant amounts being bled off to earth ground. So you should have a strong signal to pick up.