# Finding Damaged Section of a wire in a wall

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**Created:** [January 22, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finding-damaged-section-of-a-wire-in-a-wall/194974 "2008-01-22T13:27:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finding-damaged-section-of-a-wire-in-a-wall/194974/15 "2008-01-23T07:46:14Z")

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> [@Never consider living here....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-consider-living-here/34519/15):
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> why dont you just attach a new cable to the old cable with tape or something and pull the old cable back through … unless its still snagged somewhere on a nail or something youll kill two birds with one stone and pull the bad cable out of the wall while pullinga new one through.

If it was that easy I would have done it. The wire goes through and around a few steel beams that are the main supports for the building. It makes a few zig zags along the way which would be a PITA to route through. Not to mention the dozens of zip ties I used to keep my cables seperate from the power lines in the wall. On top of that they are all stapled (big staples you put in with a hammer…). It just ain’t gonna happen without tearing out drywall.

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