"Bob F" wrote in message
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My father has a underground wire to a panel in his garage from his house. One
lead of the 220V service has apparently "opened" somewhere underground. It is
probably about 100 feet long.

I'd love to trace the break so I can dig it up next time I visit. We suspect
that a splice was made in the wire someplace that may have failed.

Can anyone offer any good ideas for a way to locate the break without digging
the whole thing up? Maybe something using a transister radio as a locator and
a relay buzzer or something as a signal source.

Thanks everyone for all the ideas. I did some experimentation today with my
signal generator and an AM radio. I'm hopeful this will work, and hopefully will
get over to try it for real this weekend.

Bob