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    Jun 16, 2013, 07:53 PM
    Electrical -- distance of a short from POC
    How do you find a short in a wire with a multitester?
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    Jun 16, 2013, 08:33 PM
    You don't... its not sensitive enough or designed for that purpose... there are test sets for that purpose... They are called a Time Domain Reflectometer... and tend to be rather expensive.

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