Finding a lost cable
In article .com,
Osprey wrote:
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Anybody any suggestions of something I can inject 'into' the
cable, and how I can trace it ?
( The cable is a foil screened CAT5e )
Perhaps a nasty spikey/square wave, injected
into the cable between screen and Earth. The
spikey/square waveform gives a broadband noise
source. Then look for the far end of the 'aerial'
with a transistor AM receiver.
Perhaps generate the nasty spikes with an old
fashioned buzzer, either bought or made up with
a relay and dc supply.
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DC+ ----+---------+
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_|_ )|
Diode /_\ )| Relay Coil
| )|
| )|
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+---------+-----------Cat5e Screen
|
+
/ Relay, normally closed contact,
+ (opens when relay is energised).
|
DC- --------------+---+
__|__Earth
/////
There will be a bigger signal without the diode,
but the relay contacts will be ruined without it.
--
Tony Williams.
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