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Electrician query......
aliasojo
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Does an electrician have some sort of gizmo that will tell him which cable is which?
An electrican is coming to me next week to sort out the mess of cable and insulating tape I found behind my walls once I ripped the plasterboard off. Apart from the obvious joins, my other concern is that there are spurs running off spurs and I'm wondering if there is a way to suss this out with a meter of some sort, or if I need to go lift the loft flooring and move the insulation so he can physically see and trace where each cable goes?
I'm kinda dreading the answer, my loft is crammed.
An electrican is coming to me next week to sort out the mess of cable and insulating tape I found behind my walls once I ripped the plasterboard off. Apart from the obvious joins, my other concern is that there are spurs running off spurs and I'm wondering if there is a way to suss this out with a meter of some sort, or if I need to go lift the loft flooring and move the insulation so he can physically see and trace where each cable goes?
I'm kinda dreading the answer, my loft is crammed.
Herman - MP for all! 
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Yes, he can use 'tone and trace' - a tone generator is clipped onto a pair of wires and it can be traced with an inductive listener along its length. More widely used for tracing phone wires - it can work over distances of miles and in cabinets with thousands of pairs.A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0
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A competent electrician will always know his trade.Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..0
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I wonder if that tone generator mentioned above is something a standard electrician would carry?Herman - MP for all!
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I wondered that, but if they didn't I would go and get one myself http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=46536 under £30 and you could probably sell it to the electrician after!0
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