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CAT and Gennys are used to detect conductors, but could they be used to detect a water pipe, the person has a clamp to inject a signal from the genny into the pipe, any suggestions?
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Not if the water pipe is non-conducting.
If it's a conducting pipe then you might get it by re-radiating radio signals without the genny. If that doesn't work then the genny can impose a signal, but if it's a plastic pipe it won't help.
You could put a mouse down the pipe and trace that, but in practice it's rare to actually have access to do that.
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Seamus, not an expert on C&Ts but I believe water pipes can be detected by CAT scans in radiodetection mode, even if the pipes are not constructed of a conducting material ie metal, otherwise a genny can be used if it is a metal pipe but unfortunately many water pipes are plastic.
See guidance: http://www.surreyhire.co.uk/docs/manual/O20001.pdf
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Take a look here for a wealth of info.
http://www.radiodetectio...nt_links.asp?sec_id=2726
You may need to copy and paste the whole link. The ABC + XYZ of locating buried pipes and cables is an excellent guide imo.
IIRC, most modern water pipes (the blue stuff) have a metal tape running their length to aid with tracing.
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Thanks for the replies, it is a plastic pipe (old one), it has drinking water going through it, so i was wondering if the water would conduct the signal to help tracing, , it is not possible to put a sonde into it. i guess it wont work. It is there with ages,No tracer wire was run with it.
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