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Default Are the outlets on the same circuit?

David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 4/21/2008 5:15 AM HeyBub spake thus:

Aaron Fude wrote:

I have two outlets in the house which are not working. I would like
to find out whether they are on the same circuit. Is it possible to
find out whether these outlets are connected? Please treat this as
an intellectual curiosity question. I know that answering this
question may not solve my problem. But I am curious: what tools
does one need to make this determination and how does one do it?


Once you get them working, you can use a circuit detector such as:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=96934


I'm curious about that "circuit breaker detective", which looks like a
right handy tool to have. Have you used this or similar? How well does
it work? Does it always identify the correct breaker?


Yeah, I've got one. Yes it works as advertised.

I don't know if it always identifies the correct breaker; it has so far.