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Finding underground wires and pipes in yard irrigation system?
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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1758234" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>You can "douse" for wires and pipes beneath the soil.</p><p></p><p>Take two pieces of about 18 inches of heavy copper wire with no insulation on it, or some light copper tubing, and bend each piece at a 90 degree angle so that you have about 4/5 inches you can hold and the rest parallel to the ground.</p><p></p><p>The trick is to hold it VERY lightly so that the wires are pointing out straight away from you. As you walk over the ground, across the direction of the underground wire/pipe, the wires you are holding will begin to move toward each other. They'll do it quickly and when they are pointed directly at each other, each wire pointing at the opposite hand, the underground wire/pope should be directly below.</p><p></p><p>It takes a light touch. It would help if you saw someone do it. Maybe there's a Youtube video on dousing? It works... I've done it myself.</p><p></p><p>I haven't looked at the video but found this:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]bbwo0YCpV3E[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1758234, member: 42463"] You can "douse" for wires and pipes beneath the soil. Take two pieces of about 18 inches of heavy copper wire with no insulation on it, or some light copper tubing, and bend each piece at a 90 degree angle so that you have about 4/5 inches you can hold and the rest parallel to the ground. The trick is to hold it VERY lightly so that the wires are pointing out straight away from you. As you walk over the ground, across the direction of the underground wire/pipe, the wires you are holding will begin to move toward each other. They'll do it quickly and when they are pointed directly at each other, each wire pointing at the opposite hand, the underground wire/pope should be directly below. It takes a light touch. It would help if you saw someone do it. Maybe there's a Youtube video on dousing? It works... I've done it myself. I haven't looked at the video but found this: [MEDIA=youtube]bbwo0YCpV3E[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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