NF-826 Underground Wire Locator & Cable Tracer/Buried Wire Tracer and Cable Locator/Under Ground Circuit Tracer,for Dog Fence Cables Irrigation Control Wires,Tone Generator Kit (Professional Grade)

I was surprised how well this product worked. At least in the one application where I needed it, my expectations were exceeded. With the breaker off at the panel, I hooked up to the line in the pumphouse, installed the little ground rod and traced the line back to the house with no effort.

An awesome tool I wish I had 20 years ago. Very simple to hook up and operate. I looked for a dog fence break with a shovel for two weeks. This found it within <1/4" in 5 minutes. The very first shovel of dirt and there it was. If you need better accuracy, you'll need to buy an X-Ray machine. Consider this: the tool itself is ~$140. How much would it cost to have a dog fence repair company to fix one break, one time ? And...you'll have this tool as long as you care to keep it for any future breaks.It also will find UNbroken wires (120v/invisible fence/12v/coax/CATV/telephone/sheilded/etc) buried underground, even inside a finished wall. The only drawback, is that the instructions are a "pretty good" translation from Chinese (where it's made). That said, they are in reality really easy to understand anyway. You will definitely not be disappointed with this.

Ordered and came in used with mud on it and missing parts.... reordered and got item I ordered.... small hiccup. It made it right.... worked great.....

I'm not sure if it is this box or just the technique, but lines that run parallel will pick up the signal from the lines being stimulated. It makes it very difficult to use for a sprinkler system. I ended up running new lines instead of hunting any more.

It works as described. Simple instructions. Still working on improving my technique for "zeroing in".

Sucks. Used it 4x and it will not hold charge now.

This product quickly helped me find a break in my boundary wire for my Worx Landroid lawn robot. I had tried at least two other cheaper brands. But, they did not work well at all. This definitely works on stranded wire breaks. So, too me it is worth the steeper price.

I like it