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Cable avoidance tool hire

1-Day Rate£83.41£69.51 ex VAT
2-Day Rate£93.84£78.20 ex VAT
Week Rate£104.27£86.89 ex VAT
PER DAY£14.90£12.41 ex VATafter first week
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Cable Avoidance Tool Hire

Locates Buried Utilities Effectively


This Cable Avoidance Tool (CAT) is an essential piece of equipment for use before the start of an excavation or any dig to avoid striking a buried utility. The CAT can effectively detect underground piping, cables, and utilities, removing the risk of damaging the piping and avoiding the need for costly repairs and delays, or personal injuries. You can this cable avoiding tool to detect electricity cables, data and telecomms cables, conductive pipes including steel and cast iron, and more. This allows you to map out the location of the cables and plan the excavation more efficiently. This tool offers a depth range of three metres for power and two metres for radio frequencies. It also has an ingress protection rating of IP54 and a backlit LCD to make use in porr conditions easier.
Frequency Power Mode 50 Hz / 60 Hz
Frequency Radio Mode 15 kHz - 60 kHz
Frequency Transmitter Mode 8 kHz / 33 kHz
Typical Detection Ranges (Power) up to 3 m
Typical Detection Ranges (Radio) up to 2 m
Protection Conforms to IP54
Bluetooth Class 2, nominal range 30 m

Please note: This product description and specification is based on the model most widely stocked across our network of partner stores. Alternative brands of equivalent specification may be supplied based on location and availability.

  • IP54 Rated
  • Digital LCD
  • 2-3 Metre Depth Range
  • Automatic Pinpointing

Please note: This product description and specification is based on the model most widely stocked across our network of partner stores. Alternative brands of equivalent specification may be supplied based on location and availability.

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