ECN Forum Forums Code Related Discussion NEC & other Code issues Important Issues

The thread, Joe, is focused on the validity of the product. Our trade has no Ralph Nader to advocate & or critique what is marketed.

As a matter of disscusion, our trade is a free-for-all for just about any widget manufacturer who can cough up a lobbyist to sit on a CMP.

Concise inquiry should not be confused with resistance due to economic or educational lacking.



Paul, as a contractor, the world's lack of compliance is my $$$, don't be sorry, circuyit tracing is really not that all that dirty of a job

That's true . Cct tracing might involve a lot of running around if an assistant isn't available, but it sure beats running cable through a damp 18-inch crawl space!

The idea of providing a specific "identify & properly label" service, maybe for fixed fee, sounds a nice idea. The only trouble is I doubt we'd get many takers.

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Actually, some safety inspections for industry have resulted in circuit tracing/identification jobs for me.

I've got an Ideal breaker tracer that works quite well for tracing 120V receptacles (once you get the hang of it).
At about $40, it was well worth the investment.
I could cause major great havoc by flipping breakers in most of the buildings I work on.

Electure,

I have the same type of circuit tracer. It's inexpensive, easy to use and effective. I remember the days when we would go down the panelboard and turn breakers off one at at time to identify circuits. (28 yrs. ago) Now days with the extensive use of computers it wouldn't even be a consideration.

Another good idea when using Excel for directories is to use some type of marking for the circuits that share a neutral. I use a double line in between those circuits...if they are next to one another, Then make a small key at the top explaining the markings.