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Re: intermittent short

A little something to add... I agree with the idea of a shield fault on the run somewhere, and what better tool to find it than a CLI detector? I depend on my Comsonics Sleuth sniffer all the time for these type of problems. Ride out the plant in question at times of the greatest temperature differences (early AM or mid-afternoon), and investigate every little leak. If you dont find the actual culprit, you'll at least tighten up that part of the system! Look for a radial crack at your connectors, under the backnut somewhere, and replace any that show any corrosion.

> Got a pesky lil' problem with a leg of feeder. From time to time it loses lowband but not AC. When you pull and re-install a faceplate it resumes working properly. Have shot a couple spans with TDR and see no adverse traces. Since the problem goes away with the removal of a faceplate it's hard to track and it sometimes wont came back for months. Anyone here had experience with this and have good solution? I'm thinking that we might have to tear apart every connector and look for slightly short center conductor or broken pin and check all the seizure screws down the line as well which would be a real pain in the ass..
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