When is it cheaper to rent a Greenlee Circuit Seeker by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $40 day rate would be $240, but the weekly rate caps it at $200.

When is it cheaper to rent a Greenlee Circuit Seeker on the 28-day rate?

From day 24. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $700 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

Break-even duration

Equipment rents on three rates — a day rate, a week rate and a 28-day rate — and the cheapest one changes as the job runs long. This finds the two days where it changes, on a real listing’s real published rates.

Greenlee Circuit Seeker

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Christopher Pauzer · Plumbing and Electrical - Pipe Locators

Day: $40
Week: $200
28 days: $700

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $240. On the week rate it is $200.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $960. On the 28-day rate it is $700.

The working

Whole weeks bill at the week rate; the leftover days bill at the day rate but never add up to more than one extra week; and a whole 28-day cycle never costs more than the 28-day rate. That is the rule, applied one day at a time.

Rental price by duration for Greenlee Circuit Seeker, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$40	$40	—	day
2	$80	$80	—	day
3	$120	$120	—	day
4	$160	$160	—	day
5	$200	$200	—	day
6	$240	$200	you save $40	week
7	$280	$200	you save $80	week
8	$320	$240	you save $80	week
9	$360	$280	you save $80	week
10	$400	$320	you save $80	week
11	$440	$360	you save $80	week
12	$480	$400	you save $80	week
13	$520	$400	you save $120	week
14	$560	$400	you save $160	week
15	$600	$440	you save $160	week
16	$640	$480	you save $160	week
17	$680	$520	you save $160	week
18	$720	$560	you save $160	week
19	$760	$600	you save $160	week
20	$800	$600	you save $200	week
21	$840	$600	you save $240	week
22	$880	$640	you save $240	week
23	$920	$680	you save $240	week
24	$960	$700	you save $260	28-day
25	$1,000	$700	you save $300	28-day
26	$1,040	$700	you save $340	28-day
27	$1,080	$700	you save $380	28-day
28	$1,120	$700	you save $420	28-day
29	$1,160	$740	you save $420	day
30	$1,200	$780	you save $420	day
31	$1,240	$820	you save $420	day
32	$1,280	$860	you save $420	day
33	$1,320	$900	you save $420	day
34	$1,360	$900	you save $460	week
35	$1,400	$900	you save $500	week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 24 days: $700
Rental protection (RPP): $105
Service fee: $70
Estimated total: $875

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

Where these numbers come from

The rates are the operator’s own, read live from their listing. The arithmetic is the same best-price billing engine that produces 2Quip invoices — not a second copy written for this page — run on the industry-standard terms: a 28-day cycle, whole weeks at the week rate, leftover days at the day rate capped at one more week.

An operator can agree different terms on an individual rental, and a long rental bills per 28-day cycle rather than in one lump. So treat this as what the rate card says, and the operator’s quote as what you are agreeing to.