Diagnosis and Repair: Fencing Body Cord

Stap 1 — Connect continuity tester

First locate the fault location. To do this, connect one wire of the cable to a multimeter (continuity tester) as shown in the picture and bend the cable slightly near a plug.

Stap 2 — Localize Errors

Start bending at the connectors, slowly working your way down the length of the cable. Repeat for each conductor. If a cable break is found, mark the damaged area and the affected wire.

Stap 3 — Unscrew plug

Unscrew the connector where the fault is.

Stap 4 — Mark error location

If only one wire has slipped out of the bunched connector, continue with step 10. Otherwise mark wire no. 1 (see photo!) at least 1 cm behind the faulty spot (seen from the plug).

Stap 5 — disconnect cable

Cut the cable 1 cm before the marking (seen from the plug) with side cutters.

Stap 6 — Unscrew plug

Remove the bunch plugs from the wires. It may be that the screws are secured with a small amount of varnish, which breaks when unscrewed.

Stap 7 — Disconnect the cable

Now the cores of the rest of the body cable must be separated from each other. To do this, cut the cable between the wires over a length of 30-35 mm using the cutter knife on the cut-resistant surface.

Stap 8 — Strip the wires

Strip the cores over a length of 8 mm. Then twist the bare strands a bit.

Stap 9 — Press on Ferrules

Use crimping pliers to press the ferrules (1 mm²) onto the strands.

Stap 10 — Mount Bunch Plug

Screw the bunched plugs back onto the wires. Tighten the screws. Caution: do not use too much force, otherwise the drive of the screws can break out!

Stap 11 — Mount the cable connector

Insert the bunch plugs into one half of the cable plug. Make sure that the marked wire is in position 1 (see photo).

Stap 12 — Screw together the cable connector

Screw the cable connector together.

Stap 13 — Functional test

Reconnect the multimeter as shown in the photo. Again check all wires for continuity, bending them slightly.