To determine the place where one of the two-conductor cable wires were damaged due to the connection with the earth, it is possible to use the installation diagram is shown in Fig. AB - the string on which you can move the contact K. Define cable fault if the galvanometer makes deviations when contact K is at a distance of 41 cm from the end of the string length W. 100 cm cable length of 7.8 km.

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