So i sat in my favorite chair and i interrogated the offending piece of wire and i couldnt see anything that raised concern. So while i was staring at the ends where i soldered i realized something. I use Nakamichi banana plugs and it has 2 set screws. When i made these wires up i only bared and soldered enough of the wire to make contact with the lower screw the upper screw compressed the plastic casing which i discovered had crushed the wire and broke the strands. As mgbpuff pointed out the fluke was of no use since even one strand would provide continuity,the real test would have been a voltage drop test but i found the trouble before having to get that carried away. I see this far too often when diagnosing at work where some clown has shoved his big ass canadian tire test lite through the casing of a wire and then left it unprotected and corrosion sets in. At the very least a dab of silicon will prevent this.
Anywho , mystery solved and lesson learned.
