Tracer wire retrofit on plastic and HDPE line?

[engr2GW]

Hello,
Is there a way to retrofit a HDPE line with tracer wire or a practice and/or technology that can be applied if such a line was installed without tracer wire?

Thank you for your responses.

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[LittleInch]

Tracer wire so that you can find it with a CAT scanning tool?

None I know of, but you might be able to insert one inside. Or just use some dowsing / divining rods.

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[bimr]

Don't believe that it is possible to retrofit a tracer wire.

Or just use some dowsing / divining rods.

You can't be serious. The same phenomenon has been shown to lie behind movements of objects on a Ouija board.

If divining rods worked, it would put the entire tracing wire industry out of business.

 

[1503-44]

If you know where the pipe is, you might try plowing in a tracing wire above it, similar to how fibreoptic cable is sometimes installed.

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[LittleInch]

Oh I'm very serious.

Tends to find some false positives but it's great at finding plastic pipes up to about 1.5m deep

If the ground is churned up a lot can get a bit confused but better than not having a clue.

Doesn't work for everyone, but works for me.

Tracing wires, cables and metal pipes with trackers etc works for everyone, but plastic doesn't show up.

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[engr2GW]

Thank you everyone for the inputs. Will research more on all the recommendations

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[alchemon]

If you can take the line out of service, you can successfully fish a tracer wire on the inside of a line. This isn't practical for more than a short run.