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Pipe locators are ideal damage-control tools for those engaged in boring or directional drilling work.

Basic Pipe locators components include:

• Hand-held receiver

• Compact transmitter unit

How they work
Different frequencies and modes are used to find locations of utility lines by detecting magnetic fields created by electrical current that passes through them. The receiving unit may be all that is necessary to locate electrical and television cable signals. Whatever method is used, the receiver processes information and displays data on a screen at the top of the unit.

To find telephone cable and metallic pipe, the transmitter unit is connected to cable or pipe and current is sent through the line, creating a signal that is detected by the receiver.

To find PVC pipe with a tracer wire, the wire is energized by the transmitter to provide a signal that is read by the receiver.

Utility crews often use locators to:

• Confirm lines marked through the one-call process

• Locate services

• Make their own locates of cable and pipe of privately owned infrastructure at commercial and governmental complexes

Pipe locators also are valuable tools for screening grounds before driving tent stakes!