Thanks Doc, good advice. Unfortunately at the University, before I got there there have been many runs which have been re-pulled, conduit abandoned and backfed... it's a real mess. The best I/We could do is disconnect at a halfway point which you mentioned and at this point 20 or lights are out and it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. We certain sectors in the campus which are broken up exactly the way you have mentioned. Troubleshooting not too bad on that one. I was just wondering if there was a way to install some sort of pop-up indicator on tha actual pole or via an inline splice or something. I know I could physicaly install it but does this sound kind of McGyver-ish?

Mike