| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Product Dimensions | 1 x 1 x 1 inches; 5.7 ounces |
| Item model number | VDV500-123 |
| Department | Unisex Adult |
| Batteries | 1 Unknown batteries required. (included) |
| Date First Available | November 1 |
| 2019 | |
| Manufacturer | Klein Tools |
| Country of Origin | China |
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Klein Tools VDV500-123 Wire Tracer Tracing Probe with LED Work Light for Ethernet, Internet, Telephone, Speaker, Coax, Video, and Data Cables RJ45, RJ11, RJ12
$61.00
Fred –
Most of my Klein tools are still serviceable many years on. I don’t expect this (being an Electonic device) to last as long as my mechanical tools but I do expect many, many years of service from it. So far it meets the bar for a tracer of this type and works as expected. I’m impressed with how loud and clear the signal is when it’s detected.
Fred –
xana –
Used this device (without a probe) to figure out the wiring for a whole house sound system. I’m a novice to this kind of stuff but this instrument is very intuitive and helped me figure out things in a matter of minutes. Now I need to figure out what else I can use this for.
xana –
Ken F –
Bought this to replace a Tempo tracer that failed.
Ken F –
Nathan C. Hause –
Works well with my Klein Scout Pro 3 Cable Tester. The built-in flashlight is a handy feature.
Nathan C. Hause –
Bogdan Salamakha –
I don’t work with cable on a full-time, or regular basis, but this is just one of those tools that’s always good to have in the toolbox. Purchased it as I’m doing some ethernet re-cabling and it was worth every penny.
Bogdan Salamakha –
John –
I started out trying to trace ethernet cables with the VDV500-123 and the Klein Lan Scout Jr 2. This worked ok as long as you could touch the cable with the tip of the probe but didn’t work through walls or even wall plates. I tested the output of the Lan Scout and it was only about 1.18V into a 10kohm resistor, or about -8.5dBm of power. The Klein VDV500-705 says it puts out +8.5dBm for toning, so I hooked an audio signal generator to my ethernet cable running at 1kHz and 7 volts, or about 7dBm. This let me detect a cable with the VDV500-123 out to around 6-12″. It would go through walls with no problem. This let me trace my wires all over my house. The only problem I ran into was that wires that were bundled together for long distances would couple the tone signal from one into other ones. Once I found all of the points the wires ended at, I could still tell the difference between them though.
John –
Rick Hall –
I needed a new tone probe and this one fit the bill. I saved some $$ and got exactly what i needed. Thanks a bunch!
Rick Hall –
Jamal Persaud –
Excellent tool!!! Used it a few times to locate cable run . Strong tone !!
Jamal Persaud –
Miss Dallas –
I purchased the Klein Tools VDV500-123 Cable Tracer Probe Pro January 3, 2020 and it has worked very well so far. I have tested it with my Scout Pro 2 (VDV501-098) and my Scout Pro 2 LT (VDV501-108) both of which have a Tone Generator function, and it works with both of them.This Tracing Probe has a very solid feel to it and the “rubberish” sides keep it from slipping around in my hand (or slipping out of it).I removed 1 star because of the confusion created by Klein Tools description which strongly implies that this probe only works with the VDV500-063 which I thought I would have to buy just to use this probe. Luckily the description is wrong because I really don’t need another Tone Generator.Since this is an “Analog” Tone Probe I’m pretty sure that it should work with most lower-end to middle-end Tone Generators.
Miss Dallas –