Will this detect existing wires hidden behind sheet rock walls.?
637652
I have had mixed results detecting lines behind sheet rock walls. This a the best toner device I've used. Its very sensitive. Most of the time it does pick up lines in the walls. I suspect that the times it did not was because the lines were laying against the far side or where behind metal conduit or something like that. I use it in commercial settings. This is a fantastic tool. I especially like the cable map test feature. Once the line is identified, just thru the wand around and plug it in to test the line.
680491
Yes behind plaster up to 3/4 inch and no stud finder detects wires. It detects studs. What you need is xray vision for detecting wires
1977267
Mine's hard wired in, but I would think it could be hooked up to a motion detector.
1809779
You could also get a handheld metal detector, and use a wire brush to brush the boards. . you also need to lookout for rocks, dirt, or other small dense objects
114334
You can trace a single wire BUT if you have any other wires near the single strand then they will probably pickup the signal as well. Make sure wire is not energized.
67259
Yes. They hide nicely if you disassemble the plug so you can drill a smaller hole for the wires to go through
2155821
Yes, you could trace any wiring with this as long as you can disconnect the power from it, like your battery in this case.
1397576
Sorry, not sure. The cord is special, and must be bought as a second item for normal wired detectors. Not sure how the wireless would work.
2027013
Yes, Always disconnect power to wires before toning them out with a wire locator. Then follow the instrucitons with the underground wire locator to trace the direction and location of your buried wires.
363893
You'd have to drill out the back of existing for wires to feed through, might not work
822500
Yes, but it will be even more sensitive. It is already too sensitive on the lowest setting to distinguish individual wires in a terminal box.
861375
Yes,Always disconnect power to wires before toning them out with a wire locator. Then follow the instrucitons with the underground wire locator to trace the direction and location of your buried wires.
2153199
Yes. I have a hard-wired one that connects to another hard wired detector (not a First Alert) and then it connects wirelessly to a first alert one link battery powered detector. However the first one I bought failed out of box.
393806
No, But the wires are very thin and pretty low profile. was easy for me to conceal the setup
114155
Yes but I do not recomend buying do to the large number of false alarms even after adjusting to the lowest sensitivity. Do not buy this detector for outdoor or driveway alarm.
142932
Yes I have used this tool to find a bad wire behindd ddrywall which was cut by a drywall screw.
2233835
You should be able to install it on the wall. you probably have to snake the wire behind the sheetrock.