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Armoured cable

pacino · 2011-08-25 12:50:48

I've a break in some armoured cable that is going to a garden sodium light. There is power at one end but not the other. Is there an easy way of finding breaks in cable without digging the whole thing up?

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25-08-2011 1:50pm

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pacino

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I've a break in some armoured cable that is going to a garden sodium light.
There is power at one end but not the other. Is there an easy way of finding breaks in cable without digging the whole thing up?

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#2 25-08-2011 3:42pm
pieface_ie

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May be possible to use a cable tracer? The signal would go dead once you pass the break point in the cable. What depth is the cable buried at? 450mm?

I do not know if its possible for a cable tracer to work at that depth.

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#3 25-08-2011 5:22pm
pacino

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It's buried about 6 inches down.

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#4 25-08-2011 7:00pm
Davy

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You could try a CAT (cable avoidance tool) and a genny. Hire shop will have one

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