greeting all,
I need to cut some small holes in an old radiant ceiling and was wondering if anyone has a method of finding the wires as opposed to gently scraping back to find them.
thanks
Orbs
greeting all,
I need to cut some small holes in an old radiant ceiling and was wondering if anyone has a method of finding the wires as opposed to gently scraping back to find them.
thanks
Orbs
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the electronic Bosch stud finderwill locate them...
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Yeah, and probably one of those non-contact Christmas light testers would work.
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is there something wrong with theanswers ya got???
a Greenlee 20011/00521 circut seeker will do the job too but the Bosch DMD4 Digitsl Multi-Detector is about 850/900$ cheaper...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
"Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"
never tried one of those...
let us know if does...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
"Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"
As a general rule, if you just start cutting you'll find the wires soon enough. Especially if the power's on when you do it. The trick is to NOT find the wires.
(Several types of circuit-tracing devices might be used. I had a cheap GB unit that would have done the job, but it quit working about a year back.)
Any of the heated gypsum panels I have removed were filled up pretty good with wires. I could not imagine getting around them.