A
pipe or cable being traced using HF locating which passes
under or through concrete, will have the locating ability
adversely affected by the HF Signal bleeding off into
the ReBar, making it nearly impossible to trace a pipe
or cable in the HF induction mode through or very near
concrete.
Therefore, if you trace a pipe or cable
under a through concrete or a building, LF is
best, assuming if course that the pipe or cable
is continuous metal without gaps or breaks, or, you
are looking for a break in a cable. For the
same reason, LF may be best in a building,
provided you can connect to the target, and you can
get a proper ground (remember a completed circuit by
the signal from the transmitter through the target line
and back to ground, is needed in the conductive mode).
It is possible to 'light-up" the entire building
if everything is running to the same ground. You can
also clip onto a terminal of a cable or a pipe at one
end, then use a long return wire back to ground. Some
people make up their own long ground wire for this purpose.
|