The BEST Way To Trace Wires Hidden Inside Your Walls! DIY How To For Beginners!

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On this episode I'm going to show you one of THE BEST way to trace wires hidden inside your walls! This DIY how to is best for DIYers and Beginners! Sometimes you come across wires and cables that you just don't know where they lead to and maybe you forget where an outlet or switch was hooked onto. This method I'm going to show you is the perfect solution! Stay tuned!

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[Sparkeycarp]

Great job of explaining how to use this tool. I have been an electrician for 22 plus years. I Have used many much more expensive tracers (Ideal Sure Trace) that are like at least 10-20 times the cost of this one. I just bought one of these Kleins for my self.

[williampiergiovanni]

I just purchased the same tracer. You have created a fantastic teaching tool with the wiring behind the drywall. What you are doing is time consuming but for the viewers its a true learning experience. Thank you for your willingness to teach….

[fxjtuvr]

I have used a Fluke Circuit Tracer all of my life with the phone company and have found it invaluable. This becomes a challenge when you are working in older homes with plaster and metal mesh, this tend to shunt out the signal. The continuity feature allows you to troubleshoot short circuits within the wire run as well. Good job of explaining the tone out feature.

[kimchee]

Let me see if I understand this device. You need to open the circuit at the other end for this to work. So if you know where the other end is, why do you need to trace it? If you guess where the other end is, might it be easy to blow this thing up when probing in a live 120V circuit? It might be useful to find where the open circuit inside a sheetrock wall but don't think it would work for lath and plaster or plaster and steel mesh walls. So am I wrong?

[miguelrouxloff]

Excellent video presentation. Thanks for sharing the approach and best practices to use the tool to discover the routing of conductors behind the wall. I purchased this tool a few weeks ago but you have shown me how to use it. Cheers.

[xlkrioi]

Because of this video, I am ready for the test. Thank you, teacher.

[matt]

Thank you for making such a detailed video on the tracer. It helped me to decide on what one I needed for my job.

[stanleyhape]

I have this tool, and it has paid for itself many times over. I own rentals and am able to quickly and accurately trace wires .👍

[justapublichealthguy]

I greatly appreciate you creating this video showing all these tips.

[rohansroy]

Very helpful, i was imagining a tool like this existing, so much easier than a multimeter and wire nuts and a bunch of walking and climbing

[jnun]

FYI, I'm pretty sure that's pronounced "kline." Great video, appreciate it!

[StewieGriffin]

Very educational. Thanks for all the time you put into this.

[rdmercer]

Great video! Mock-up is very realistic and demo is easy to understand for the non professional homeowner or diy’er

[remodelassets]

Thank you! I have one of the Klein tracers. They work like a charm Make sure the power is turned off 💯👍

[loftyideals]

This is great ! Have many freinds who are elec contractors and PM's. Your mock up is legit and best explanation Ive seen on how to safely trace wires.

[RKSingh-pidq]

I cannot thank you enough for posting this. Really Helpful

[ritooraj]

Salute to you akd your idea of the mock up!
(I am not an electrician but an IT system admin).
I am about to replace my 15 year old switch panel, so I am doing some reasearch to find out information about electrical basics.
What you ave done is what we do in our home labs - setup dummy computer instances and or networks to test and learn and then explain.
Nice of you to make this video.

[howtodoitdude]

If you don’t have that tool, you can use a multimeter set on continuity. Connect one set of wires together and then use your continuity tester on the other end. It works the same as that Klein tool.

[IPwnPies]

I use toners mostly for fire alarm. Might upgrade to those new Klein’s after seeing the features on them.

[ElTayi]

I recently bought a home & literally was lookin for a video for this & god bless you for making this video saved me so much money