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"We were trying to I.D. a circuit and I intentionally tripped it with my handy "U" shaped piece of #12."

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mxslick,
The only time i remember a guy being fired on the spot, was for that tripping stunt.

LK:

And a big thumbs up for the boss who fired that Darwin candidate!

This whole intentional fault thing really gets me wound up, along with the fools who keep resetting a breaker without knowing why it tripped. (Of course, in my biz those fools also generate a lot of repair income for me, so it's conflicting emotions time. )

I don't care what anyone says; if you keep resetting a tripping breaker, it will eventually stay on.

I can't guarantee that the circuit will work, however.

Seriously speaking (hey, it could happen!), do you really need to find the break, or just identify whcih two boxes the break is between?

ROFL!!

http://edev.colorassociates.com/greenlee/details.cfm?id=3198&upc=00520
this tracer costs 600 bucks but if you take care of it, it should pay for itself

Actually, Rich, the device is the 2011; the 0520 is the carrying case.

... This brings to mind a VERY costly oversight undertaken by yours truly, at a house we were working in... I, too, shunted the circuit,being too lazy to go to truck and fetch the tracer,..and after the arcs and sparks Macy's firework show was over,the wire nut I'd used to short the 2 wires together actually caught fire, (Federal Pacific load center)... I'd blown (4) Lutron Diva dimmers,and the power supply of the H.O.'s computer that were upstream of the intended shunted circuit. I now ask the H.O to power down any and all pc's in the house if there is a chance that there will be a circuit shut-down..and I now ALWAYS use my Ideal circuit identifier or manually shut down each breaker/fuse if it's not listed on the panel directory..
Russ

**The above image is a reasonable facsimile only,and not the actual wire-nut;...

**No wire-nuts were injured/abused during the posting of this illustration**




[This message has been edited by Attic Rat (edited 10-25-2005).]