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ENGiNDOT Wire Cable Multifunction Tracker Finder

$16.99
$29.99 43% off Reference Price
Condition: New
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Excellent tool, saved me hours of work
By Mick O. on Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2022
I had been searching for a cable tracing tool like this. The house I'm renting currently has the entire house wired with Cat-5 backing, but all jacks are RJ-11. And to top it off, there was no distribution panel at all. All of the Cat-5 was simply unterminated in the Attic. This meant there was a bundle of ~30 cables, from all different sections of the house. So my job was to replace one of the jacks, then go up and punch that cable down into a patch panel so it could be connected to my switch. Sounds easy... but when you have to find _the_ cable out of a bunch of 30 of them, all while standing on a ladder in a hot attic... it was not pleasant to say the least. Previously, the way I detected the right cable was with an RJ-45 tester. I would put one end into the Cat-5 jack in the wall that I just wired, and then go to the attic, and one by one, I would punch down one of the cables into one of the patch ports, and have the other end of the tester hooked into the patch port. It works, but incredibly slowly. I found out about cable tracers, and bought this almost immediately to try it out. I've added two new jacks using this device and it is _SO FREAKIGN EASY_. Plug one end into the jack in the wall, go up the ladder with the wand end and in a matter of seconds, can find the specific cable when the wand starts beeping. The sensitivity is adjustable, which I found helpful when trying to discriminate between the last few possible cables. All in all, this cut the time I have to spend in the attic patching cables down by like 99%, no joke. I'm hoping the tool lasts well, but as it stands right now, this is one of the best purchases I've made in terms of tools so far.
Top critical review
DONT waste your money or Time.
By Peter on Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2023
I wanted to like this but right from the start I had an issue with the transmitter. It would power up but no display. Go to scan and the light would flash and die. The reciever seemed to power up fine. So I replaced the batteries with new duracells and volia, transmitter powered up fine. Now to test, first cable, lines 1 & 2 Dead....Figured I found my problem. Checked a few more and they all tested the same., lines 1 & 2 dead. Grabed some brand new cables and they all tested just like the rest. What a POS. right out of the box one dead battery (it was sealed in wrapping), and the unit is a dud. Not very happy when i'm right in the middle of troubleshooting some wiring issue in the home. Maybe I just got a dud but it's a total waste of my time now and I have to return this POS as well.

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