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Pooya

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 4:38 am

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One of the built-in branch-lines of electric wiring in my room is
interrupted (miss-linked).How can i locate the area in which this
fault has occured ?? I dont want to destroy the whol wall to repair it
Sad

please tell me what to do Sad

Robert Baer

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2003 5:57 pm

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Pooya wrote:

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please tell me what to do Sad

RadioShack, A.W. Sperry and others have made "sniffers" that detect an
AC signal (from AC power lines), and give an audible and/or visual
(flashing LED) signal.
Make sure there is a load on the "far" end, as close to the fault as
possible.
Then use the sniffer to trace the wiring; gotta have a reasonable idea
as to routing, as the Micronta P-89 is sensitive only within a few
inches; the Sperry unit has adjustable sensitivity good to about 18
inches.

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