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=Sourcing=
=Sourcing=
*Gas tracer - $22/100ft - [https://www.menards.com/main/plumbing/pipe-fittings/flexible-gas-pipe-fittings-accessories/pro-poly-trade-100-14-ga-coated-tracer-wire/pfsfty-14ga100i/p-1534141688481.htm]
*Gas tracer wire - $22/100ft - [https://www.menards.com/main/plumbing/pipe-fittings/flexible-gas-pipe-fittings-accessories/pro-poly-trade-100-14-ga-coated-tracer-wire/pfsfty-14ga100i/p-1534141688481.htm]
 
=About=
*Different techniques are used. Radar can find pipe, or induction-based emitter/sensor. Or the tracer wirewhere you connect to a wire.


=Tracer Kit=
=Tracer Kit=

Revision as of 20:57, 7 July 2022

  • Video - [1]
  • Tracer wire (blue) is required for potable water, sewer (green), gas (yellow).
  • 6 colors all together - [2]

Sourcing

  • Gas tracer wire - $22/100ft - [3]

About

  • Different techniques are used. Radar can find pipe, or induction-based emitter/sensor. Or the tracer wirewhere you connect to a wire.

Tracer Kit

  • Useful Amazon reviews - clip to ground and wire you want to trace. Then use the sensor. [4]
  • Harbor Freight [5] - manual []
  • You energize a wire and use a detector - [6]
  • Another - [7]