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Pro tip: Use a toner probe before drilling into drywall on big jobs
After I punched through a hidden gas line on a new build in Denver last month, I finally listened to the old timer who said toner probes save time over trusting blueprints, has anyone else been burned by wall cavities that don't match the plans?
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sarah_hart5mo ago
My boss swore by toner probes for years and I thought he was just being paranoid, but after finding a live wire that wasn't on any set of plans I had I bought one the next day. Way cheaper than the alternative honestly.
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robinson.hannah5mo ago
Yeah I hear you on finding mystery wires, but "way cheaper than the alternative" feels like a stretch. I mean how often are you really finding live wires that aren't on plans? Like once in a blue moon. A toner probe is like a hundred bucks plus, and a decent voltage tester is like twenty. I've been doing this long enough that I trust my tick tracer and a little common sense way more than I trust a tool I have to clip onto every wire. Feels like a solution looking for a problem half the time.
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