On Jan 14, 5:55 pm, (A.Lee) wrote:

But, a resistance of 37 ohms? That doesnt seem to be enough to be a
damaged cable.

Are you sure you disconnected *every* appliance on the ring? I once had a
very similar fault, and like you was puzzled at the measured loop
resistance of a few tens of ohms, but it went up to the expected
'infinity' when everything was properly disconnected. A wire had come
astray behind a socket outlet.

Richard.
http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/