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Why does nobody talk about how long it takes to find a single bad wire in a 30 year old panel?

Had a call last Tuesday in a building downtown where a car kept stopping between floors. Checked the controller, the door locks, the limits, everything. After 4 hours I finally found a wire that had rubbed through its insulation on a sharp edge inside the junction box. It was just barely touching ground, but only when the car moved a certain way. That one tiny spot took me longer than the whole rest of the troubleshooting combined. Has anyone else ever spent a full shift on something that simple?
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victor219
victor21928d ago
Those 4 hours paid more than the fix itself, thats just job security.
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clark.iris
clark.iris28d ago
Took me 6 hours once to find a wire that was just pinched wrong...
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