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Bought a $90 cable toner for a job in a crawlspace and it was worth every penny
I was tracing a line under an old house in Tucson, and my old tone generator just couldn't cut through the noise. The new one I grabbed had a stronger signal and a better probe, so I found the break in about ten minutes instead of guessing for an hour. What's the one tool you've bought that saved you from a nightmare job?
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juliarodriguez28d ago
Actually, a toner just finds the wire, it doesn't find a break. You need a time-domain reflectometer for that, which is a whole other tool. Still, having the right gear makes any job way less of a headache.
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drew_jones3128d ago
Grabbed a good inspection camera once and found a lost screw in a wall instantly.
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Totally get that! Was it one of those cheap flexible ones or a more rigid model with a better screen? I've been looking at them for some car work and the picture quality seems to vary a ton. Finding a tiny screw like that is the dream scenario for sure.
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