I attempted to locate a bad wire today with no luck.
Its a 400' run 240v with neutral and no egc. The wire is direct burry USE. Half the run is burried in sand and the other half thru a flower bed till it gets to the house panel. Alum wire. Only one conductor meggers bad. The voltage is at 60v when it reaches the sub panel at the pier.
I am using an Amprobe AT-2005 and a Ridgid Seektech SR-20 locator.
I got different results with the amprobe when I tried different methods.
Does anyone have experience in this situation that may be able to tell me how to use my locators better to find this.
All of my traces were using only the bad wire. I get a good trace the full length of the bad wire so its not an open which would be easier to find.
I looked for loss of signal and led me to different spots. I spent 2.5 hrs on it today and plan to go back tomorrow.
Its a 400' run 240v with neutral and no egc. The wire is direct burry USE. Half the run is burried in sand and the other half thru a flower bed till it gets to the house panel. Alum wire. Only one conductor meggers bad. The voltage is at 60v when it reaches the sub panel at the pier.
I am using an Amprobe AT-2005 and a Ridgid Seektech SR-20 locator.
I got different results with the amprobe when I tried different methods.
Does anyone have experience in this situation that may be able to tell me how to use my locators better to find this.
All of my traces were using only the bad wire. I get a good trace the full length of the bad wire so its not an open which would be easier to find.
I looked for loss of signal and led me to different spots. I spent 2.5 hrs on it today and plan to go back tomorrow.