Clear and simple: the intuitive wall scanner that makes the invisible visible Bosch's GMS 120-27 Professional wall scanner helps you detect and locate metals, live wires, and wooden studs in dry walls. Locating objects in walls before drilling provides increased safety on the job, especially for craftspeople doing renovation work when fitting cabinets, kitchen counters, washbasins, boilers, and heating systems, or installing A/C and sprinkler systems.
Technical Data:
- The GMS 120-27 detects magnetic metals (e.g. iron), non-magnetic metals (e.g. copper), live wires (50-60Hz) and wooden studs
- The detector will always automatically find live wires and metals. There is no need to choose this setting, as this is always on (indicated by lit-up button)
- In case you also want to detect wooden studs behind drywall, you can push the wood button, then wooden studs are also detected additionally. If the wood button is selected, the button is also lit-up.
- Only switch on the wood detection function for searching in dry walls with a wooden substructure. On other surfaces, the measurement result may be impaired.
Max. detection depth
- Non-ferrous metals (copper) 120 mm
- Ferrous metals 100 mm
- Live wires 100–230 V (with voltage applied) 50 mm
- Wooden beams in dry walls 30 mm
Operating time, approx.
- With lithium-ion battery pack 5 h
- With non-rechargeable batteries (alkaline manganese) 6 h
- With rechargeable batteries (NiMH) 7 h