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Water ingress in SWA.

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High all I am new to this forum.

I have a 95mm 4 core SWA cable running to 6 Buildings which are along way apart.

This cable is fed from a feeder pillar up hill to 5 underground joints.

Within the feeder pillar the cable is underground feeding up to 3 160amp fuses and the neutral bar.

On the cable entry water is seeping up the cable and thru the gland causing rusting of the connection plate.

When loop tested at each DB the reading range from 0.29 to 0.76.

But when IR tested L1 is 0.76 L2 is 0.26 L3 is 2.89meg 

Do I need to replace the cable.
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  • Former Community Member
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    Thanks for the reply`s.

    The cable runs up hill to the first joint which will be a least 500Mtrs.

    The cable is buried in the ground over a metre down with no duct. there is no plan of the run of the cable so cat and gennie would be a start.

    Then maybe a ground penetrating radar to find the joints.


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  • Former Community Member
    0 Former Community Member
    Thanks for the reply`s.

    The cable runs up hill to the first joint which will be a least 500Mtrs.

    The cable is buried in the ground over a metre down with no duct. there is no plan of the run of the cable so cat and gennie would be a start.

    Then maybe a ground penetrating radar to find the joints.


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