Klein Tools VDV500-820 Cable Tracer with Probe Tone Pro Kit for Telephone, Internet, Video, Data and Communications Cables

This is the best one Ive owned.

Coming from a electrician of 16 years this is a time saver doing remodel work very easy to use ive used it on several jobs enough to have a good opinion on how good it is and it is very accurate for example you can connect the meter to a home run and use the probe in the panel to find it by runnning it close to breakers would definitely recommend to another electrician as its a must have

I wanted to finally trace out the circuits of my house with something easier than a socket tester. I was hoping that I could turn off one breaker; hook the signal to that wire at the circuit breaker; and then find the signal at the various wall switches and wall sockets. Forget it... the cross-talk from all of the 60 Hz in the breaker box swamped the devices signal. I just got buzzing everywhere. Impossible to distinguish the signal from the buzzing. I think Id have to turn off ALL breakers to make this work... I didnt want to do that.

Home

Received it early, it was packaged well, and it does everything it is supposed to do. Used it to track down kitchen wiring and it toned out all of the lines w/o any problems. Thank you!

Follow up after a week of use:

the tool functions well, and has some nice features. While i was walking the wand fell out of my tool belt and hit a tile floor. The tip broke off of the wand reducing the sensitivity to almost useless. I am disappointed in a tool, built to do work, breaking after a 3ft drop

Im not an Electrician, but do all of my own electrical work. I had a dead Post Light and could not find the source of power. After this tool arrived in the mail, my problem was solved in 15 minutes. While it is primarily a tool for cable diagnostics, with a dead A/C circuit it works great.

Wish it was louder

Really impressed with this device. I have never used one before, and didnt even know they existed until watching a few YouTube videos on how to trace wires (no voltage). The device kept telling me things about the dead wire that I didnt believe, yet it was correct in the end, and saved me serious money by not having to call an electrician/contractor to find out why a set of wall outlets had stopped working. Have an issue with a hidden GFCI outlet, or blown fuse/bad connection somewhere? Get one of these to find it.