Cable with abnormality sign detection function

Abstract

A cable with an abnormality sign detection function that can detect signs leading to breakage in a wire by inputting an electrical signal, even without the use of an external ground potential. The cable contains a target wire containing a wire conductor and a wire covering that covers the conductor and a detection line containing a detection line conductor and a detection line covering that covers the detection line conductor, where the detection line conductor has a shorter flex life than the wire conductor, the detection line conductor contains, as elemental wires, inner elemental wires and outer elemental wires having a shorter flex life than the inner elemental wires, each of the inner elemental wires is configured as a bare wire that exposes a conductive material, and the outer elemental wires are arranged around a bundle of the inner elemental wires, insulated from the bundle of the inner elemental wires.

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