Screwfix triple detector

Jan 02, 2005 7 Replies
M

Hi,



I received a Screwfix triple detector (part number 16093) for Christmas.


This is suppose to detect pipes, joists and cables, however it's performance is abysmal. I can usually detect a cable in a block and plaster wall when I know it is there, however the setting is so fussy and varies so much across the width of a wall that I would have no confidence in the results if I didn't already know what was in the wall



- i.e. it is going to be bugger all use for finding a random diagonal cable that a previous owner might have installed. Finding joists is a similarly hit and miss affair with it struggling to find the ceiling joists through a layer of artex and plasterboard..



Do I have a faulty one or is it just a crap model.



Thanks, Martin.



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R

Sounds like mine ...............

Rick

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In message , Rick Dipper writes

I'll second that, mine is just about adequate.

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On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 15:34:40 GMT, Bill strung together this:

I haven't got one at all as they're all crap unless you spend a fair few quid on a US Zircon brand detector or a few hundred on the rather good Bosch one in the UK.

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I bought a plasplugs branded one about 15 yrs ago from Argos and it was totally useless. The only possible effective mode it might have had was to use it to bash a hole in the wall and see if there was cable there. I think this is the common experience of cheapy cable/pipe/stud detectors.

Sam

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My mates wife just bought him a B & D laser level with built in detector. The detector is utter S.... and the laser level, isn't even inline with the cross lines in the middle. What a pile of junk for 40+ quid ,

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On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 18:26:07 -0000, "troubleinstore" strung together this:

I could have guessed that without ever seeing one other than in the advert on TV.

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