Crossbonding: Gas Meters, Bonded Metal and Outside Lights
Putting a signal on a whole property without a plug-in: gas meters, bonded metal, outside lights, and what crossbonding carries back to the network.
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2026-08-05
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0:00cable. I just want to show you some little tips of how we do that. We don't need to use a plug-in adapter. So, around a building, there's a few things that you're looking for. You're looking for a boiler, light, tap, gas riser, gas meter. If you hook your Genny up to any of these things because of the crossbonding inside the house, you'll trace the electric. Sometimes confuses people this guys, but here we've got a gas entry inside properties. Gas pipes have to be metal by law. We've hooked up here earth with some water. The signal can't travel back down the plastic. It's got to go in the
0:32house on the metal. And the metal, of course, is bonded to the electric, so it comes back on the electric. So, I know it sounds backwards, but by clipping on somebody's gas entry, you will get a really good trace on the electric service and the main. So, for you guys that are surveyors, if you if you're trying to, you know, locate the LB main down a foot path, go and find a nearby building, nearby house, get hooked up to it, get a signal on it. Make your life so much easier. Gas meters are great, guys. Got an outside gas meter, just hook up to the
0:59inlet like here. If you can't get it that, open the lid and clip on there. Outside lights, again, metal, just hook up to them. These are really good guys as well. Got a blow up on a boiler. Hook your hook your genu lead on that. You'll get a perfect trace on the electric. Works really well. There's loads of ways of tracing domestic services, guys. Loads of ways um around properties. I've done all sorts of stuff utilizing the crossbonding taps as well. The problem with a tap is you can sometimes get um inside plastic water. Just give me a minute. I'm boiling in here. I'm just
1:31going to open the window. It's suddenly gone warm. It's freezing in here this morning. It's boiling now. Okay. So, all the all these ways of um the tracing guy. Well, I want I want to you you Cat 4 users in particularly guys if you use Cat 4 um have you ever had a situation with the Cat 4? It's one of the biggest complaints we get about the Cat 4 this actually. Um, have you ever had a situation, particularly on Genny mode, where the CAT's been quite erratic? And what I mean by that is you've you've turned the sensitivity control up just a fraction and you've