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wrote:
If you have a really long extension cord and a drop light, plug it into
socket for testing, then run the cord to area near circuit breaker and
keep trying breakers until you find the right one.
I use a really noisey hair dryer to do this. It also vibrates a lot so
when you lay it on the floor you can hear the vibration throughout the
whole house. I also put it on the end of an extension cord as mentioned
above and only had a problem with it one time. I heard it go off and it
wouldn't go back on when I reset the breaker. I had the outlet apart
and was checking the exterior conduit that the circuit ran down in when
the neighbor lady yelled out the window "You know your hair dryer fell
out the window so I turned it off". The window was on the 3rd floor and
it was on a 50' extension cord.
Richard