KrisTech offers a comprehensive line of wire and cable products engineered for performance and reliability across every application.
Quickly Locate Underground Assets
Tracer Wire
Reduce the risk of potential injury and costly infrastructure repairs with KrisTech’s tracer wire products.
Tracer wire helps utility workers quickly locate underground utilities and other assets, construction crews drill new pipelines and replace old ones, and keep pets safely at home.
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Sunlight Resistant
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Burial Rated
Corrosion Resistance
Oil & Gas Resistant
Sunlight Resistant
Direct
Burial Rated
Corrosion Resistance
Oil & Gas Resistant
Maximum Voltage
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Applications & Use Cases
Tracer wire is a low-cost insurance plan to prevent workers, residents, and others from accidentally coming into contact with buried utilities and other assets.
A signal sent through the wire marks the location of buried pipes, electrical lines, and other cables. Different colors are also used to trace different utilities, according to the American Public Works Association’s (APWA) color code.
When it isn’t possible to dig an open trench, either due to landscape or aesthetic reasons, horizontal directional drilling offers crews a safe, cost-effective, and less intrusive option.
Workers can easily and efficiently install underground assets, including pipes, cables, or tunnels, without impacting the surface landscape. That means no need for long trenches, no damaged roadways, and less local disruption.
During this process, old underground pipes are broken using a bursting head dragged by a pipe bursting wire. The new pipe is often installed simultaneously, immediately replacing the old one as the bursting head breaks it apart.
Tracer wire can be used in a variety of pet containment systems, thanks to its rugged, durable HMWPE insulation.
A wire is buried underground to create a boundary line, then connected to a transmitter that emits a radio signal. If a pet approaches the boundary line while wearing a receiver collar, the collar will pick up the transmitter signal and alert them.
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Wire Paralleling & Cabling
Multiple wire runs on one reel
Colors
Choose from 12 insulation colors
Wire Dyeing
Change the color of your conductor’s PVC insulation
Wire Striping
Add a parallel or twist stripe to any single-conductor insulated wire
Custom Print Legend
Both standard and custom print legends available
Custom Lengths
Cut and ship any length coils or reels
Packaging
Custom product labeling, shipment identification markers, and optional knock-out boxes
Labeling
Custom product identifiers available
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