# 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, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finding-damaged-section-of-a-wire-in-a-wall/194974/20 "2008-01-23T10:52:48Z")

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> [@Never thought I'd do it...but I sold the Civic...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-thought-id-do-it-but-i-sold-the-civic/34454/51):
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> Yes, I have a tester. The only damaged wire is the solid green.
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> I don’t know what you mean by switching pairs. I’ve just always wired them up in 586b standard.

I think what he is saying is that data is only going over the middle 2 pair, whichever color they are (I forget right now, haven’t done it for a while), so you could just substitute the brown pair for the green pair.

edit: the first chart here [http://www.ertyu.org/steven\_nikkel/ethernetcables.html](http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/ethernetcables.html)  
explains what I’m trying to say.

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