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I have been thinking about buying at least one new tool this year and I have been getting more and more calls about bad underground service conductors.

I?m interested in knowing what Brand / Model most of you use for testing for / finding faults in underground service conductors.
 
If you find an underground locator less than about 2500 bucks, it'll just frustrate you. Maybe somebody has a hot lead on something cheaper, but I've tried lots of them over the years, and you're already over 2K for anything even remotely decent. I use the Amprobe Hawk mostly lately, and it's decent, but still around 2K.
 
I think 480sparky just got a new underground locator from his wife for Christmas. Maybe give him a nudge to see what it was and how it's working out.
 
1793 said:
I have been thinking about buying at least one new tool this year and I have been getting more and more calls about bad underground service conductors.

I’m interested in knowing what Brand / Model most of you use for testing for / finding faults in underground service conductors.
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Tempo 2003. AKA Progressive. It's not something I use every day, but I have used it about 6 times in the past two years. 100% accurate so far. Very accurate. Pinpoint, acutally. When it said 'Dig Here!", I dug there and there it was! Many Rycom cable locators can also do fault locating.

mdshunk said:
I think 480sparky just got a new underground locator from his wife for Christmas. Maybe give him a nudge to see what it was and how it's working out.
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Close, but not quite. I got a Rycom 8879 cable locator, and I ain't married. Santa brought it to me.
 
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480sparky said:
Close, but not quite. I got a Rycom 8879 cable locator, and I ain't married. Santa brought it to me.
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I skipped the mall this time around. Year before last Santa said, "Get off my knee you freak". I need to come to the mall in your town, I guess, to get my wish list in.
 
480sparky said:
and I ain't married. Santa brought it to me.
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Marc, I just tried to PM you to give you a heads up on this but your PM's are full again. Still got someone POed with you?:grin:

Edit: Is Santa still POed?
 
mdshunk said:
I skipped the mall this time around. Year before last Santa said, "Get off my knee you freak". I need to come to the mall in your town, I guess, to get my wish list in.
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Well, truth be told, Santa may have delivered it, but his check somehow got posted to my account. :roll:
 
chris kennedy said:
Marc, I just tried to PM you to give you a heads up on this but your PM's are full again. Still got someone POed with you?:grin:

Edit: Is Santa still POed?
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Yeah, lots of them. ;) I made some room; try again...
 
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