Having removed the faulty junction as discussed in previous thread I wanted some advice on bast approach to rectification.
As discussed, 16m swa goes from hose to garage to shed. Garage about 60m as the cable runs...no voltage drop at all. But at the now open wires, measured with no load, meter reads 199 L to E, 150 L to N. This suggests a neutral fault?
I temporarily protected the bare cable in a waterproof box (power is off but just to be sure!). When I opened the box to put the CAT signal generator on, there was water in it...can only have come from the cable itself.
I mentoined in previous thread that conductors were green, even between the strands in the core. So water has got in. I assume it is from the destryoeed joint, and about 2m beyond this point the land rises steeply. Is it likely this water damage will be restricted to one spot, and would itcause the 10K resistance I measured?
Current plan to dig out at this point, cut cable and test again...or am I wasting my time and new cable required? Any advise welcome at this point!
As discussed, 16m swa goes from hose to garage to shed. Garage about 60m as the cable runs...no voltage drop at all. But at the now open wires, measured with no load, meter reads 199 L to E, 150 L to N. This suggests a neutral fault?
I temporarily protected the bare cable in a waterproof box (power is off but just to be sure!). When I opened the box to put the CAT signal generator on, there was water in it...can only have come from the cable itself.
I mentoined in previous thread that conductors were green, even between the strands in the core. So water has got in. I assume it is from the destryoeed joint, and about 2m beyond this point the land rises steeply. Is it likely this water damage will be restricted to one spot, and would itcause the 10K resistance I measured?
Current plan to dig out at this point, cut cable and test again...or am I wasting my time and new cable required? Any advise welcome at this point!