How to Use a Tone and Probe Set
How to Use a Tone and Probe Set
Tutorial about how to use a tone and probe set to find and identify cables.
Make cable tracing easy with Platinum Tools’ Tone and Probe Set. With its steady tone, push-to-scan button and a clear loudspeaker, quickly trace and identify cable locations on jacks or through walls.
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Question, I have a renovation that has a ton of network cables, a ton of power cables and telephone lines and a door bell system. I have to figure out where all the cables go, or where do they come from. Most of the network cables are labeled, but the power cables and the door bell system are not. Worse off, I have to rewire some rooms for power from one breaker switch panel to another. So, can this unit help me? Mainly I need to ID cables in the rooms throughout the building (several even in different floors) to where they are connected in the electric breakers panel in the basement. I know that I need to have a cable disconnected from the electric power grid and the switches off to properly ID each line, but, could I connect the tone generator to power cables in the rooms, then go to the panel downstairs and ID each cable in the basement? What about the 8 remote unit sets, could I use one of these to plug the remote units in the rooms upstairs and ID each cable in the basement?
can I use this tool to trace a romex cable?
Do you find you get a better tone when you hook all the wires to the red lead and hook your black lead to a ground?
I guess it never occured to you to explain the connections on the tone generator end…. jeeez
I have been using a cable tracer made by bequick here in the UK. It is simple and a game changer for cable tracing. It is not like the traditional audible tracers. This one utilises LED RJ45 connectors. Here a short demonstration if anyone is interested; /watch?v=GtpAmbmm4dA
Just done buy the Paladin Tools one, that was the first one i bought, total JUNK.
btw ty, i learned what a toner and probe is in 3 minutes, faster than any teacher in my class trying to explain it.
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If you’re selling the tool, you can put a link right underneath the video. Everybody does it nowadays, watch the video so I can buy welcome to the 21st century, goodbye Toys R Us
Signal was pretty weak
best explanation video I’ve seen, thank you!
Nice video. Thank you.
Thanks
Are there any toners that work on energized wires?
Terrible signal strength but hey it worked
What an awesome tool. I stumbled upon this by accident.
sweet
That was helpful information, and I hope that my probe set will be able to find the wires I will be looking for. I will first try it out in my vehicle, then try it out in my house.
Can it be use without turning the power off?
Thank you, that was a very useful tutorial.
So you connected tone generator to potentially live wire?
can a tone and probe be used on an electric circuit if it’s switched off…….. for ID 120-240volts
Thank you very much, this is very helpful, very clear.
HOW DO YOU MAKE THE CONNECTION YOU MADE THE VIDEO EXPLAIN
If you short the wires it won’t tone?
does it matter which color wires to tone?
The instruction is useless unless you show how to connect generater to cable
Does this only work with wire pairs? Can it pinpoint a break in a single wire?
NIIIICE cable management here
Is that an inductive pickup on the end of the probe?
YouTube. The best place to learn. Forget going to a vocational tech school. This is free and to the point.
How about AC signal ? Can the probe sense it ?
I wonder what the distance limitation is? I need to find some irrigation wire locations
You should have disconnected the cable and tested it with a meter to make sure it was the right one , You shouldnt just assume its the right one , Because you sometimes can hear it on other cables nearby ….
nice
helpful……. gentleman
I use fluke toner and probe.its the best and they actually carry it at home Depot in the low voltage section. The only toner and probe I ever buy.
you know that it HAD to be the last one you check right? haha
Thank