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Tracing Circuit Breaker to Receptacle Outlets DK 10-07-2006
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Posted by DK on October 7, 2006, 10:29 am



I'd like to know if there is an easier way to trace which circuit
breaker control which outlets.



Posted by jerryl on October 7, 2006, 10:32 am



>
> I'd like to know if there is an easier way to trace which circuit
> breaker control which outlets.
>
>

Plug a loud radio into the socket. cut off the circuit breaker. The one
that shuts the radio is the baby. Now mark it so that you don't have to
guess again.



Posted by Doug Miller on October 7, 2006, 10:34 am


wrote:
>
> I'd like to know if there is an easier way to trace which circuit
>breaker control which outlets.

Easier than what? :-)

The two easiest ways I can think of are:
(1) Buy a circuit tracer, about $35 at Lowe's or Home Depot. It's a two-part
device; one plugs into an outlet and places a radio-frequency signal on the
circuit, and the other is used to detect that signal at the breaker box (it
beeps when it's over the correct breaker).

(2) Plug a radio into an outlet, and turn it up loud. Go to the breaker panel
and start turning off breakers. When the radio goes off, you got the right
one.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Posted by mm on October 8, 2006, 2:26 pm


On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:34:51 GMT, spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller)
wrote:

wrote:
>>
>> I'd like to know if there is an easier way to trace which circuit
>>breaker control which outlets.
>
>Easier than what? :-)
>
>The two easiest ways I can think of are:
>(1) Buy a circuit tracer, about $35 at Lowe's or Home Depot. It's a two-part
>device; one plugs into an outlet and places a radio-frequency signal on the
>circuit, and the other is used to detect that signal at the breaker box (it
>beeps when it's over the correct breaker).

How well do tracers work if one of the two wires feeding the outlet is
an open connection? Is the fact that two parts to the connection are
only a millmeter away enough for it to work.

Also, is there an easy way to know when a GFI outlet or breaker trips,
if it did so because of an overload or because of a ground fault?

(After reading everyone else's problems here with dead circuits, I
thought I had one myself. By the bathroom sink. I reset the GFI
breaker and it didnt' seem to help. I tried other outlets I thought
were on the GFI and some worked and some didn't. I reset it again and
it worked this time.)


>
>(2) Plug a radio into an outlet, and turn it up loud. Go to the breaker panel
>and start turning off breakers. When the radio goes off, you got the right
>one.


Posted by Goedjn on October 9, 2006, 9:19 am


On Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:34:51 GMT, spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller)
wrote:

wrote:
>>
>> I'd like to know if there is an easier way to trace which circuit
>>breaker control which outlets.
>
>Easier than what? :-)
>
>The two easiest ways I can think of are:
>(1) Buy a circuit tracer, about $35 at Lowe's or Home Depot. It's a two-part
>device; one plugs into an outlet and places a radio-frequency signal on the
>circuit, and the other is used to detect that signal at the breaker box (it
>beeps when it's over the correct breaker).
>
>(2) Plug a radio into an outlet, and turn it up loud. Go to the breaker panel
>and start turning off breakers. When the radio goes off, you got the right
>one.


Christmas candles are cheap, and allow you to test multiple outlets
at once, in case they're not all the same.

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