[Shop-talk] Electrical fire waiting to happen

[David Scheidt]

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 9:12 PM, John T. Blair <jblair1948 at cox.net> wrote:
> 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:
>

If I'm by myself, I use a drill motor.  Plug it in.  Pull the trigger.
 Set the lock.  Go to breaker box.  Flip breakers until the drill
stops.



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David Scheidt
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