> About borrowing a wire finder from an electric utility. > > Many years ago I watched a utility crew boss find buried wires using > dowsing rods made from two pieces of ground wire! No electronics needed. > > I also watched the water company do the same for the water feed lines from > the main in the street to the individual houses.
> Norm > S/V Bandersnatch REPLY Norm it doesn't seem to workfor wires in conduit in boats. I tried. I worked as a buried cable locator for both a cable TV company and later on for a power utility company. An oldtimer taught me how to dowse for wires, water lines, and gas pipes. It does work! Despite having some $15,000 worth of test equipment and fault finding gear there were many times I was stuck and had to resort to my dowsing rods. When I started back into working on boats I tried dowsing for wires hidden behind panels. It didn't work. Ended up buying a toner like the telephone guys use. I suspect it has something to do with the person not being well grounded. On occasion I had difficulty getting good results with dowsing and it was always when I had brand new non conducting running shoes on. Leather usually picks up enough moisture. Arild _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
