Cable Tone Tracer

PiKe · 17 May 2019 at 20:23

Looking to get one of these for a job, any recommendations on what to buy or the minimum to spend for a decent one? Some of the cables may be near the limit of 100 meters so need a good, strong tone to find it at the other end.

WJA96 · 18 May 2019 at 18:32

I use Pockethernet. Not the cheapest, but really good for this and a whole host of other things.

https://pockethernet.com/

Caged · 18 May 2019 at 20:18

Bear in mind you'll need a tone probe if you go with the above option.

WJA96 · 18 May 2019 at 20:32

It comes with one. Effectively. It does the same thing.

PiKe · 18 May 2019 at 23:28

WJA96 said:
It comes with one. Effectively. It does the same thing.

How do you mean effectively?

Is Fluke a good brand? Tester and probe for about £160.

Deaco · 19 May 2019 at 00:26

Flukes a good brand, never got on with their tone kits personally.

Used lots of makes and fluke we're the only ones that were a pain to ID cables from what I remember. Greenlee Amps and oscillators have never let me down.

WJA96 · 19 May 2019 at 09:11

PiKe said:
How do you mean effectively?

You can use the phone app but it’s very poor. I only ever use it in the mode with the switch where you plug all the transmitters into the remote sockets and it flashes the lights on the switch when you activate the transmitters.

In hindsight, probably not the best option if you just want a toner. It is a truly phenomenal toolkit though.