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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!)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you just want some spare cable. I'd make 5x 20M pieces. The one that doesn't work becomes 2x 10M. That bad one becomes 2x 5M ... As far down as you like.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Isn't that almost what they suggested except starting at a different size and doing a binary search basically? You're just starting the binary search after the first step of cutting into 5 lengths instead of 2.