"We were trying to I.D. a circuit and I intentionally tripped it with my handy "U" shaped piece of #12."
... 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
![[Linked Image from inspect-ny.com]](http://www.inspect-ny.com/aluminum/alreduce/ALRconnector.gif)
**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).]
