A little over a decade ago, we had a leak in the pipe going from our
well to our water tanks. The run is something over 700' from one end to
the other, and we weren't even sure where the pipe was, not to mention
where the leak was.
We hired this company called "Underground Detection Services". The guy
(it was a one-man operation), installed a compressor at one end of the
pipe, and then went around with headphones and a sonar kind of
microphone. It took him a couple of hours to not only find the route of
the pipe, but to also locate the exact location of the leak (he also
accurately estimated the depth of the pipe). It cost us something like
$400 for a half-day of locating. Pretty impressive.
He painted a line on the ground to mark the location of the pipe, and
also a 3' diameter circle with an X to indicate where the leak was. He
was spot on.
bp
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On 11/15/2022 10:52 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
Yeah, if you have access to the inside of the pipe. More to Steve’s
point, I am sure you can get some current to flow in the water with a
high enough voltage. Perhaps the appropriate step up transformer
could make it happen. Might take 300 volts or so. Assuming the
current can find a return path. Be a fun experiment to try.
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You can use a metal fish tape and then put your locate transmitter on
that.
-Kevin
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I assume no, but i need one of you nerds to verify.
If im trying to find plastic water lines, is there a frequency that
would travel through water as the conductor?
If I use a plug at the spigot with a nail in it for my positive probe
wire and the same for a ground elsewhere in the water circuit, it is
possible to get a detectable signal on a utility locator?
im assuming since submarines have to surface to communicate my
question has long since been answered
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