9k for the base acoustic unit, then the probes and bell head cost more. I have considered a stethoscope but i think it could be more headache than help.
I think chuck wants me dead also "here steve, go hook 300v to the water" On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 1:24 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > 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. > > *From:* Kevin Neal via AF > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 15, 2022 11:46 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Cc:* Kevin Neal > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] EXTERNAL - Water and rf > > > You can use a metal fish tape and then put your locate transmitter on that. > > > > -Kevin > > > > > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> *On Behalf > Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 15, 2022 11:26 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Subject:* EXTERNAL - [AFMUG] Water and rf > > > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not > click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know > the content is safe. Please report all suspicious emails to > [email protected] as an attachment. > > > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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