ttikalsky
07-28-2005, 16:26
Can anyone recommend a decent "Tone & Probe" for tracing wires? I
tried the Home Depot unit and promptly returned the junk.
Troy, 8FC33
tried the Home Depot unit and promptly returned the junk.
Troy, 8FC33
07-28-2005, 16:26
Tom Warner
07-28-2005, 16:38
If you have the complete set of drawings for your coach, they are color
coded and very easy to trace once you learn the system. Most multimeters
have a resistance function with a tone to check diodes and you can use that
to trace wires if you want an easier method. Connect one probe to the wire
you are interested in and the other end of the meter to ground. Then you
can sequentially touch each wire in another location to ground and when it
tones you have found the wire. This assumes of course you have all power
turned off.
Tom
1982 FC35
Vernon Center,NY
At 04:26 AM 7/29/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a decent "Tone & Probe" for tracing wires? I
>tried the Home Depot unit and promptly returned the junk.
>
>Troy, 8FC33
coded and very easy to trace once you learn the system. Most multimeters
have a resistance function with a tone to check diodes and you can use that
to trace wires if you want an easier method. Connect one probe to the wire
you are interested in and the other end of the meter to ground. Then you
can sequentially touch each wire in another location to ground and when it
tones you have found the wire. This assumes of course you have all power
turned off.
Tom
1982 FC35
Vernon Center,NY
At 04:26 AM 7/29/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a decent "Tone & Probe" for tracing wires? I
>tried the Home Depot unit and promptly returned the junk.
>
>Troy, 8FC33
Curt Sprenger
07-28-2005, 16:46
Troy,
That is a good question. I've tried several different units and find the
signal is very weak or nonexistent in larger wiring. I'll be interested
in the responses to your note.
Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.
ttikalsky wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a decent "Tone & Probe" for tracing wires? I
> tried the Home Depot unit and promptly returned the junk.
>
> Troy, 8FC33
>
That is a good question. I've tried several different units and find the
signal is very weak or nonexistent in larger wiring. I'll be interested
in the responses to your note.
Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.
ttikalsky wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a decent "Tone & Probe" for tracing wires? I
> tried the Home Depot unit and promptly returned the junk.
>
> Troy, 8FC33
>
Ralph L. Fullenwider
07-28-2005, 17:11
I have used this unit and it worked very well in tracing hidden circuits.
http://www.lashen.com/vendors/triplett/f...asp#3245-k
Am not advocating the vendor, but the triplett unit.
Safe travels,
Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
Ralph's RV Solutions,, Oklahoma
At 09:46 PM 7/28/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Troy,
>That is a good question. I've tried several different units and find the
>signal is very weak or nonexistent in larger wiring. I'll be interested
>in the responses to your note.
>
>Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>
>
>
>ttikalsky wrote:
>
> > Can anyone recommend a decent "Tone & Probe" for tracing wires? I
> > tried the Home Depot unit and promptly returned the junk.
> >
> > Troy, 8FC33
> >
>
http://www.lashen.com/vendors/triplett/f...asp#3245-k
Am not advocating the vendor, but the triplett unit.
Safe travels,
Ralph and Charolette Fullenwider
Ralph's RV Solutions,, Oklahoma
At 09:46 PM 7/28/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Troy,
>That is a good question. I've tried several different units and find the
>signal is very weak or nonexistent in larger wiring. I'll be interested
>in the responses to your note.
>
>Curt Sprenger 1987 PT38, Anaheim Hills, Calif.
>
>
>
>ttikalsky wrote:
>
> > Can anyone recommend a decent "Tone & Probe" for tracing wires? I
> > tried the Home Depot unit and promptly returned the junk.
> >
> > Troy, 8FC33
> >
>