Don Bradner
06-09-2007, 11:34
Here are a few examples of wire tracers:
http://www.professionalequipment.com/wire-tracer/
Tone-and-Probe tracers are probably what you are thinking of
The guy I park next to every year in the desert at Quartzsite has one, and we
used it to trace the wiring for my driving lights, which were
extending/retracting over every bump. Since I didn't at that time have wiring
diagrams this was the next best thing.
Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Eureka, CA
On 6/9/2007 at 5:18 PM Pete Masterson wrote:
>I've seen communications technicians use a signaling device to trace
>phone/computer lines. I don't know if similar technology is available
>for 12vdc systems -- but that would be about the only way to find the
>"far" end of the circuit. The technician would hook this "thing" on a
>"known" wire, then use a meter to see if a signal was present on the
>"unknown" wires to find the right one. If someone knows what these
>"things" are (that is, has a name for it) I'd sure like to get one to
>help me find some of the circuits on my coach.
http://www.professionalequipment.com/wire-tracer/
Tone-and-Probe tracers are probably what you are thinking of
The guy I park next to every year in the desert at Quartzsite has one, and we
used it to trace the wiring for my driving lights, which were
extending/retracting over every bump. Since I didn't at that time have wiring
diagrams this was the next best thing.
Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Eureka, CA
On 6/9/2007 at 5:18 PM Pete Masterson wrote:
>I've seen communications technicians use a signaling device to trace
>phone/computer lines. I don't know if similar technology is available
>for 12vdc systems -- but that would be about the only way to find the
>"far" end of the circuit. The technician would hook this "thing" on a
>"known" wire, then use a meter to see if a signal was present on the
>"unknown" wires to find the right one. If someone knows what these
>"things" are (that is, has a name for it) I'd sure like to get one to
>help me find some of the circuits on my coach.