Topic: Anyone know what mic equipment plumbers use?

[bewildered]

My father has had to call the plumbers quite a few times to fix pipe leaks at his business. He said they come in with a tube looking mic and hold it directly to the floor/walls (im guessing it has a flat head) which i assume is connected to a pair of headphones somehow. He wants to aquire this equipment so he can find and repair the leaks himself. Any ideas on what they use?

[Wiggler]

I'm no plumber but I've been told this company makes the goods.
http://www.metrotech.com/

[rokpunk]

he doesn't need a leak detecting microphone, he needs this canadian made x-ray machine

http://www.engadget.com/2005/01/20/canadian-inventor-discovers-x-ray-vision-maybe/


 


obligitory leak detecting microphone info:

http://www.goldak.com/inner/waterleakdetecter/777-A(sm).shtml



micromophone -

[0vu]

We recently had a visit from a leak detection guy from the local water company. He listens for leaks in pipes using a straight copper rod with a point on one end and an earcup on the other. His job is to listen for leaks in underground pipework, particularly that from the mains supply to a customer's house. He does this by opening the covers of water stop valves under the street, placing the point of the rod against the metalwork of the valve and listening to the sounds conducted up the rod. With training and experience he reckons one can identify the type of water flow/leak (taps dripping, washing machines, showers, dish washers, etc.) and fairly accurately how far away any leak is. He said that they've tried more high tech solutions but they keep coming back to the listening rods as they work and never have flat batteries when they're needed 

He called on me because his listening suggested that we had a tap dripping/running somewhere upstairs. Sure enough, when I went upstairs it turned out that one of my kids had left a tap dribbling.

Could it have been some kind of listening rod that the plumber was using rather than a mic/active device?

[bewildered]

so the baked beans can is superior to the Ultra sensitive listening devices, hell why stop there, ill break out my divining rod and find the leaks that way.

seriously though, thanks for the advice. ill tell him about it, its just that hes already half deaf and not very keen on listening (you know, one of those people you have to repeat everything twice).

[Steve J]

Showing my age: when I saw "plumbers" I started thinking about "break-in's" and "surveillance."