"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
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I watched and old electrician, about to change a
recepticle / socket. He had a junction box on about
six inches of cord, with a three wire plug. He
plugged the device in, and pushed a big rubber
covered button. Down the hall I could hear a
breaker go clunk.


He is too lazey and cheep to buy one of the electronic detectors. The one
where you plug a small box in the receptical and go to the breaker panel and
run a hand held device up and down and find the correct breaker.

If it was just down the hall and within hearing range, a small radio that
plugs in makes a good way to tell which one supplies the power.

About the only time I might recommend the short is if there are critical
items that can not be turned off for a few seconds , or if in the case of
where I worked in a very large plant a great difficulty of locating the
power source due to multi breaker boxes and floors and buildings.




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