Comment on Just finished wiring the garage to the house - and find that the wire is damaged! Now what?
TitanLaGrange@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Wire tracker maybe? You might want a higher quality version than that particular one if the cable run is particularly long, one of the reviews suggest that the distance is limited.
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
This one here does time domain reflectiometry which will tell you exactly where the break is:
www.amazon.com/…/B08M3SRB2Q/
TitanLaGrange@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I was curious if that would work on ethernet cable! I’ve seen it done on coax, wasn’t sure if it would work well enough on UTP to be useful outside a lab setting. Cheap too. Cool!
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Some of the reviews say it didn’t work for them to find a break, but I have that exact one and have had good luck with it. So YMMV. Obviously the ten times the price Fluke will do better.