Can i hook up to a sprinkler wire and trace it out

[radiotechfios]

A man from a house i was marking out asked me ..but i wasnt sure if i could ,so i told him i wasnt sure if i could. Do they have to put a tracer line down? can i hook up to the wire ran with the poly pipe?

[FiosKing]

as long as it has a tracer wire you can find it... you will probably get in trouble from your company tho, since im sure its against there policy.... i would charge the guy $50 for me to find that for him

[Wingfoot]

If your question is about the feasibility to hook up and trace a sprinkler line, yes you can. If your question is should you mark out the location of a sprinkler line to successfully complete the locate request, no you shouldn't.

If I'm asked by homeowners to mark out their sprinkler line as a favor, I tell them, "Sorry, I don't do sprinklers. Professional excavators fix what they cut."

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[ifinditunderground]

Looks like one for One-Eyed Jim.

[Mke]

Yeah, Jim should be able to nail it for you.

My experience is that the wire you usually find on an irrigation system are control wires. They go from the control clock to individual valves. You can locate these wires out but they do not allow you to trace the whole system. You will have PVC laterals and some sections of main line that will not have control wire with them.

This sounds horrible, but i'm with Wing on this, you really don't want to open up that can of worms. 9 times out of 10 you'll be fine, but on that 10th one, you'll have to explain to your boss why a homeowner called him and told him that "the crew hit his irrigation line and his locator missed it". When in all reality it wasn't locateable.

hopefully this helps?

mke

[radiotechfios]

Thx guys,yes my boss knows,he told me i can use the trans and receiver,but to use my own car on saturday. On my own time and to charge the man 100.00 and up, 50.00 dollars is not worth it...lmao

[Linerider]

Pass on favors for landowners. They'll bite you in the a$$.

[1idejim]

Thx guys,yes my boss knows,he told me i can use the trans and receiver,but to use my own car on saturday. On my own time and to charge the man 100.00 and up, 50.00 dollars is not worth it...lmao

yes, a wire is a wire......chase the common for general field, station wire for individual zone......$200.00 or nothing, you'll be there 2 hrs minimum most jobs


there's more to it than you think, and the company being pissed is nothing, just turn the wrong thing on or off, that $200.00 will seem like chump change.


i've worked very few systems that had "trace" wires on laterals, maybe a couple of schools that were done in phases.

good luck and tell me how it worked out dude i'm all eye and ears

[yahoo]

Yeah, Jim should be able to nail it for you.

My experience is that the wire you usually find on an irrigation system are control wires. They go from the control clock to individual valves. You can locate these wires out but they do not allow you to trace the whole system. You will have PVC laterals and some sections of main line that will not have control wire with them.

This sounds horrible, but i'm with Wing on this, you really don't want to open up that can of worms. 9 times out of 10 you'll be fine, but on that 10th one, you'll have to explain to your boss why a homeowner called him and told him that "the crew hit his irrigation line and his locator missed it". When in all reality it wasn't locateable.

hopefully this helps?

mke

I agree with Mke.....this is spot on!!! you can hook to every wire maybe up to 100 and you wll continue to trace out the same set over and over adn over.....nver locating the whole system out for the homeowner....mostly all the main valves and heads can be found!!!

[1idejim]

I agree with Mke.....this is spot on!!! you can hook to every wire maybe up to 100 and you wll continue to trace out the same set over and over adn over.....nver locating the whole system out for the homeowner....mostly all the main valves and heads can be found!!!

yahoo,

i think this is a clouded issue for you, i think we've been through this before.

locating is all about protection; and the wires and mainline to the valves are the only items worth protecting, the laterals and heads are moot......as long as a valve placement is not compromised, you can repair the lateral lines very reasonably......break the mainline and tear the wires out and the system will never be anywhere near right. the damage caused by excavation can be so extensive and underlying that often times the entire system needs replaced.

locating is all about protection and that yahoo, just about sums it all up