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<blockquote data-quote="Tony S" data-source="post: 489439" data-attributes="member: 20864"><p>It took me a fortnight to find where someone had wrapped a bin bag around a 50mm² SWA they had damaged. It hadn’t gone bang as I’d isolated the cable ready to extend it another 75m. I did the joint and powered the cable up with no problem. Middle of the night it blew the fuses, next morning I’m getting earache over my cable jointing skills.</p><p></p><p>OK chop out 5m of cable and put two joints in, I then tested the first joint on the bench and there’s nothing wrong with it?</p><p></p><p>After a while it became obvious the fuses only blew during heavy rain, it would go bang and dry the cable out. Many happy hours of wandering about with a cable locator in the mud and rain followed. Finally the guy that had damaged the cable told me where to look. Two more joints to do!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony S, post: 489439, member: 20864"] It took me a fortnight to find where someone had wrapped a bin bag around a 50mm² SWA they had damaged. It hadn’t gone bang as I’d isolated the cable ready to extend it another 75m. I did the joint and powered the cable up with no problem. Middle of the night it blew the fuses, next morning I’m getting earache over my cable jointing skills. OK chop out 5m of cable and put two joints in, I then tested the first joint on the bench and there’s nothing wrong with it? After a while it became obvious the fuses only blew during heavy rain, it would go bang and dry the cable out. Many happy hours of wandering about with a cable locator in the mud and rain followed. Finally the guy that had damaged the cable told me where to look. Two more joints to do! [/QUOTE]
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