Unknown routes
Congested corridors
LV and HV cables share crowded ducts with gas, water and comms — incomplete records make the right target hard to confirm.
Power & Electricity
Locate, avoid & fault-find on live LV & HV networks.
One partner for cable work on the grid — trace routes with Radiodetection locators, avoid strikes with CAT4 cable avoidance tools, then pinpoint LV/HV faults to restore supply fast.
What we equip
Cable locatingStrike avoidanceFault findingLV & HV networks
On a live network
Four things go wrong underground.
Every cable job carries the same risks. RD-Palmer equipment is built to remove each one.
Safety
Live cable strikes
One spade through a live cable injures crews, blacks out the network and triggers heavy penalties and downtime.
Outage
Hidden faults
An unlocated sheath or conductor fault keeps supply down while crews dig blind along the entire cable route.
Records
Poor asset data
Missing depth and route records turn every new connection and excavation into a costly, risky guess.
The power workflow
Three jobs on every network.
Select a job to see the risk it removes and the Radiodetection kit behind it — from first trace to fault repair.
Know the route
Locate & trace power cables
The risk
Buried LV and HV cables share congested corridors with incomplete records — the wrong target gets dug up.
Radiodetection RD8200 locators with current-direction (CD) clamps trace the target cable through crowded ducting and confirm its identity with confidence — measuring depth as they go.
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Why Radiodetection
The world's most specified cable locating brand.
Supplied, calibrated, trained and supported locally by RD-Palmer — so utilities and contractors trust every trace, every dig and every fault.
01Depth & identity
Locate, measure depth and confirm the right target cable even in congested corridors.
02Strike avoidance
Detect live, radio and signal-applied cables before a spade ever goes in the ground.
03Fast fault-finding
Pre-locate then pinpoint LV/HV faults to cut outage time and crew hours.
+Training & support
Local calibration, operator training and aftercare so teams trust every reading.
Plan your power programme
Tell us your network — LV or HV, urban or rural, locate or fault-find.
We'll match the right locators, avoidance tools and fault-finders, then train your crews to get results from day one.