Gardner Bender GET-4110K Wire Tracker
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Product Details
Manufacturer: GBModel: GET-4110K
Color: Red
Product features:
- An ideal tracer for finding phone lines, coax lines, automotive wires, and unenergized electrical wires
- Detects unshielded wires up to 12-inches when using a ground clip
- Transmitter generates a distinct tone in an unenergized wire or cable for ease of use
- Easy-to-see LED identification system
- 1-year limited manufacturer's warranty
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Gardner Bender GET-4110K Wire Tracker
Customer Review: Avoid! - the RF probe picks up everything, including normal household current
Summary: 1 Stars
OK, I knew it was a risk to buy this thing, with absolutely no reviews on Amazon.com about it. But, what the heck, it's through Amazon, and they have a pretty good return policy.
I just wanted to get a radiofrequency wire tracer to work out the cable connections in my house. I knew for sure that this was not going to be one of the $1000+ professional radiofrequency wire tracers. But it's still hard to believe just how bad it turned out to be.
So I plug the thing into the cable outlet in our family room, and go up to the central box upstairs where all the cables end. The RF probe lights up with every cable in the central box. There is absolutely no separation in the signal intensity between the cables. On a hunch, I scan the RF probe over the walls, and everywhere, and discover that the best and strongest signals come from none other than the usual electrical outlets and light switches.
In other words, this "wire tracker" has absolutely no ability to separate out one wire from another if the wires are running in close proximity to each other. What's worse, normal 60Hz household current is just about as good if not better at generating a positive signal in the RF probe for this device. Which means that either the RF probe is either not very frequency selective or that the RF generator is operating pretty close to 60Hz. Probably both, would be my guess, since that would be probably the cheapest way to build a device like this one.
Maybe they don't run 60Hz electrical current in China? (which is where this thing was manufactured). This baby is going right back to Amazon! And I'm going to go back to using my 9volt battery and voltmeter for figuring out the wiring.
Description of Gardner Bender GET-4110K Wire Tracker
Energized Wire & Cable Tone Tracer, For Non-Energized Wire, 4 Types Of Transmitter Plugs Encased In The Sending Unit, Enables The Detection & Tracing Of Line Voltage Circuits, Telephone Circuits, Data LANs, Coaxial Cable & Automotive Circuits, Detects Wire Up To 12" Away, Self Storing & Self Contained, Adjustable Sensitivity, Warbling Tone, Auto Off Feature, Rubber Housing On Receiver, Belt Clip, Clamshell.The GB Wire-Tracker Wire Tracer traces any unshielded and unenergized wire or cable for easy location and identification. The tracker features four transmitter plugs encased inside a closeable hatch, including an RJ11, a COAX, an Alligator Clip, and an Automotive Fuse plug. The tracker can detect unshielded wires up to 12-inches away when using a ground clip. The tracer also features an adjustable sensitivity that can detect wires in close proximity. For easy use, built in LEDs intensify as the signal gets stronger, and an audible feature differentiates specific transmitter signals from other signals. The tracer includes 2 AAA batteries and 3 1.5V LR-44 batteries.
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