General Pipe Cleaners: Gen Eye Locator Tool Tips: Using Your Ears Instead of Your Eyes

By:  Sandy Bucher  on  Nov 06, 2025

Gen-Eye Master Dave Dunbar of General Pipe Cleaners demonstrates how to make inspection camera location easier - just by using your ears.

General Pipe Cleaners Gen-Eye Hot-Spot pipe locator makes sewer inspection camera locating easy. Its total field antenna array and on-screen icons lead you right to your target, without the long learning curve.

Whether you’re an experienced pro or a first time user, you can quickly locate inspection cameras, sondes, active power lines and utility lines with pinpoint accuracy.

No need to interpret numbers and bar graphs. The easy-to-see auto backlit LCD display shows you the way with arrows that point you in the right direction every time. Utility line location and active buried power line locating is just as easy. The Hot-Spot is the industry’s most rugged pipe locator. Rated at IP65, it is dust and dirt-proof and water-resistant. It passed the one meter drop test and the screen passed the 18” steel ball drop test.

When you have General Pipe Cleaners Gen-Eye pipe inspection system, you’ll know what the problem is, where it is, and how deep to dig. Our pipe and sewer cameras keep your quotes competitive and your customers happy. General’s sewer inspection cameras save time and money too. Gen-Eye sewer cameras and Hot Spot pipe locators include everything you need to trouble-shoot 1-1/2” to 10” lines in residential and commercial settings. With the latest in innovative technologies such as Wi-Fi capability and USB ports for video recording capacity, you’ll be able to diagnose problems and show them to your customers for quicker turn-arounds and better communications.

Inspection cameras have become a must-have accessory for contractors and HVAC professionals to inspect pipes without having to remove walls or floors. The camera head can be maneuvered into places which would be unreachable in other ways. The applications for these sewer cameras are nearly limitless. Sewer inspection cameras come in many forms. Some have a rigid arm with a fixed camera, a flexible arm, or wire-like extension. These cameras can also be referred to as a snake camera. Their flexibility and ease of use are needed when nothing else helps you to see in hard to reach places.

If you have any questions, call the Drain Brains at 800-245-6200, or visit www.drainbrain.com.