[Shop-talk] Electrical fire waiting to happen

[John T. Blair]

At 08:13 AM 6/8/2008 -0700, you wrote:

>Can't speak for Jack, but I know that, if I want the power off at the
>outlet, I short the wires.

>Besides, how else do you test a breaker in the field ?

Well testing is one thing, finding is another.  To find which breaker
handles an outlet I'd use something like:

Gardner Bender Circuit Tracker- Circuit Breaker Finder GET-1200

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=12334-1781-GET
-1200&lpage=none

John


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