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I used this....

Amprobe AT-2005




to find this short circuit in an underground feed ....




located here. The breaker would trip when the ground was saturated with water.







I traced the wire from both ends to make sure of the location before I dug it up. The landscaper who installed it claimed there weren't any splices in the cable. As you can see it wasn't buried to the proper depth either.