Just finished wiring the garage to the house - and find that the wire is damaged! Now what?

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Just finished wiring the garage to the house - and find that the wire is damaged! Now what? - Lemmy.world

I mean, the simplest answer is to lay a new cable, and that is definitely what I am going to do - that’s not my question. But this is a long run, and it would be neat if I could salvage some of that cable. How can I discover where the cable is damaged? One stupid solution would be to halve the cable and crimp each end, and then test each new cable. Repeat iteratively. I would end up with a few broken cables and a bunch of tested cables, but they might be short. How do the pro’s do this? (Short of throwing the whole thing away!)

Can’t you just use a cheap non-contact voltage tester to find where the cable is damaged. Just run the tester through the cable until it suddenly stop detecting any voltage.
I just learned about these things today when researching for a device to test that there’s no voltage present before installing a ceiling light. Such a great innovation since it works even through insulation, so no risk of getting shocked.