Switched to a cable toner with a probe and found hidden splitters in 10 minutes flat

I was doing a retermination job in an old apartment building last week and spent 2 hours tracing lines with a basic toner. Finally borrowed a better setup from a coworker and found 3 splitters buried behind drywall that were messing with the signal. That little probe made all the difference. Has anyone else had luck with a specific brand of toner for finding hidden junctions?

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josephbutler14d ago

Calling 2 hours a waste is a stretch. A basic toner works fine if you know what you're doing. Hidden splitters aren't that common in my experience. Half the time it's just bad connections or old cable.

thomas_martinez14d ago

@josephbutler hidden splitters are WAY more common than you think, I find them ALL the time in older installs.