Re: unconnected wire tracer

*selah* wrote:

"Jamie" <jamie_5_not_valid_after_5_Please@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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*selah* wrote:


We've got a problem in apartments that have been renovated. The
electricians sometimes run wires to outlets, etc. that they don't
connect to power or neutral. Is there a circuit tester that can


trace

wires that are not connected?


 yes, look on the internet for a Fox & Hound wire tracer.
there are others also.



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Are you saying that the fox and hound can trace a wire that isn't
connected to anything?

hmm, you connect the Transmitter in one of the wires in the outlet
the you use the probe..
  its a 2 piece  kit.  it will pick up your romx a few inches away..


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