Gardner Bender GET-4110K Wire Tracker
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Gardner Bender GET-4110K Wire Tracker
Customer Review: Tracing a phone line
Summary: 1 Stars
I install phone jacks for my business macnines. I could not locate the correct wire in the phone post panel. Many wires gave a signal. In the long run I did it the old fashioned way. Ran a new wire through the building. I have no gripe with the sales company, it's the product that wasn't what it supposed to be.Customer Review: Wire Tracker
Summary: 3 Stars
It worked fairly well, but I was tracing wires in an RV in a bundle of wires. I found that there was substantial crosstalk, so tracking down the one wire was not as easy as I had hoped it would be. Once I found the right terminal post and I could touch the metal, it was obvious it was the right one. But trying to touch the insulation to determine whether it was the right wire didn't work very well. I did find it useful though.Customer Review: Excellent tool! worked like a champ!
Summary: 5 Stars
I built a home 3 years ago. I wired several rooms for sound. I never hooked up the speakers. (The wires were behind the sheetrock). I got around to putting the speakers in the ceiling and could not remember where I had placed the wires. This wire tracker did just what they said it would. I followed the instructions. It was too easy. Found the exact spot for the speakers!
Saved me a great deal of work and eliminated sheet rock repair.
Customer Review: Only good as a continuity tester
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this at the orange place and returned it.
It's a decent continuity tester, attach the trasmitter to a wire and touch the receiver at the other end, and the tone signal is loud and clear, and let's you know you have continuity.
But as far as tracing wires through walls, don't bother. That's what I need. I also tried the one made by ideal that the orange place also sells and it did no better than this one. If anyone knows of one that DOES work for tracing wires within the walls, I'd love to know about it.
Customer Review: Mine is a life saver.
Summary: 4 Stars
I am in the process of wiring a boat and the mass of wires can get very confusing. The wire tracker is in constant use and works well out to about 200' but you do have to remember that any wire electrically connected to the transmitter will be carrying a signal. For example, in tracing home wiring if you connect to the neutral (white wire) you will find a signal on all the white wires because they are all connected to the same bus at the panel. Similarly if you trace the hot (black wire) you have to turn off the breakers to isolate the wire you are tracing. But you should do that anyway to avoid a lot of smoke and possibly a rather painful supprise.
Overall, the Wire Tracker is well worth the money as long as you follow the instructions and have a little understanding of how it works.