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Default Copper cable going into the floor, cannot be pulled out

On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 7:54:06 PM UTC-6, Ignoramus5974 wrote:
I entered into a business transaction of the sort "you buy two

compressors and whatever else you find in the building, including

wiring, for $500".



The building, a former car body shop, is to be demolished next week.



Today we took out a lot of wiring, including one inch copper mains

cables, and a 15 HP I-R T30 compressor and a 5 HP quincy compressor.



Pulled a lot of cable from the walls also. The cables pull, once we

released their "other ends" in their respective panels.



But here's a problem: one of the cables, I am guessing 2-0 gauge, four

conductors, is going into the conduit in the floor concrete.



We cannot find the panel that they are going to and we cannot pull

them out, as they are attached on their other ends. I am beginning to

think that perhaps they are extremely long and valuable.



Is there some low-tech way to trace where that conduit is going?


Where was the outside transformer?
On a pole, or on a cement pad?