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Locate the Broken Piece with a Camera Snake

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What happens here

Uncoil a camera snake, also known as an endoscope, which typically connects to a smartphone (like an iPhone) via a charging port. Once connected, the camera snake provides a live video feed from inside the drain. Carefully insert the camera snake into the exposed overflow drain opening. Guide the camera snake until the broken plastic hair snare piece comes into view on your phone screen. Observe its exact location and orientation to plan its retrieval.

Goal: Visually locate the broken hair snare piece inside the drain.

Tools and materials

  • Camera Snake — To provide visual access inside the drain pipe
  • Smartphone Apple — To display the live video feed from the camera snake

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the drain. This is an endoscope camera for my iPhone. It can be adapted to any phone. It simply plugs into the charging port and provides a couple of feet of length. Quite convenient. It will just go straight down the drain. Here is the drain pipe. And there it is, right there, on the other side. Look at this. You can see it right there. If we return it properly. Ideally. And here it is, lying right in the siphon. Good. So,

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