On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:21:52 -0500, HeyBub wrote:

Mike Dobony wrote:
I have a dead outlet, but no breakers are tripped. Is there a way to
trace these unpowered circuits? I have a circuit tracer, but it only
works on powered lines. Thanks.


Sounds like a job for a telephone tracer. Half of the set puts a tone on the
line, the other half is a probe that detects the sound and amplifies it
through a speaker.

Here's one:
http://search.harborfreight.com/cpis...cker&Submit=Go

There are also several on Ebay under the heading "cable tracker" or "tone
generator."

I like the price. I have another project I might be able to use this for.