I might have damaged my UF wire when I buried it in my trench. I would like to test it somehow to see if any of the conductors are exposed to the dirt before I finish burying the rest of it and hooking up a new pump to it.
I tried a simple digital multimeter ohms test with one probe on conductor and one probe pressed into the dirt. The meter would briefly show a megaohm value then go to infinity. Not sure if this is a proper test method at all.
Am thinking of unrolling the rest of the wire, putting a cord plug on the end and a light bulb or other load at the other end (well cap). Plug it into a receptacle and/or ground fault cord adapter to see what happens.
Also thinking of how an electric fence charger might be utilized to test things out, too.
I tried a simple digital multimeter ohms test with one probe on conductor and one probe pressed into the dirt. The meter would briefly show a megaohm value then go to infinity. Not sure if this is a proper test method at all.
Am thinking of unrolling the rest of the wire, putting a cord plug on the end and a light bulb or other load at the other end (well cap). Plug it into a receptacle and/or ground fault cord adapter to see what happens.
Also thinking of how an electric fence charger might be utilized to test things out, too.