How to test underground power wire

[egon]

Durned, it couldn't be something simple. [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Will it be digging time?
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Egon [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[JazzDad]

Pat, don't forget to explain how to match the impedance to the TDR.

[Pat]

Nah, you do it Jazz, I gotta do some other stuff and am willing to share the stage. Besides, my head is so swollen up right now from Dave patting me on the back I'm afraid to load it any more with thinking.

Pat

[jimbrown]

Well if it was Az I would say look for gopher holes. The suckers like to eat insulation. They eat my poly pipe for drip irrigation.

[idaho04]

So I finally decided to dig before all the snow and bitter cold comes. I though that the best bet is to start at the barn as I suspected possible fence work or horses to be the cause. I started digging and voila; about 8 feet down I found that one of the legs was totally coroded/oxydized. So I bought two splicing connecters, diox paste and added a piece of the same #2 wire I had lying around and we are back in business, everything works. I was lucky; the problem could have been any where over the 800 feet. I have to admit that conduit would probable help, be too late now. Hopefully, it won't happen again soon. I will still fix the panel grounding.

[egon]

That is almost a magical fix! [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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