In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 2 Aug 2019 16:42:59 -0400,
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On 8/2/19 4:28 PM, trader_4 wrote:
On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 2:06:03 PM UTC-4, KenK wrote:
trader_4 wrote in
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On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 1:36:54 PM UTC-4, KenK wrote:
Is there any way to check to see if two AC outlets are on the same
breaker without flipping breakers on and off?

Probably not but couldn't hurt to ask.

TIA


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I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

They have testers to locate breakers, where you plug a widget into the
receptacle and it injects a signal that the handheld tester then can
sniff at the panel.



Interesting. Never heard of this. Will research it. Thanks much!


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I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

It's one of those things that once in a while you could use to make
things easier, but then you forget about it and probably not worth
what it costs unless you're going to use it regularly. Still, I guess
it might be worth it just to label all the breakers, something I always
intended to do, but never have. Wonder if Harbor Freight has a cheap one?


None at H-F or H-D
Amazon has several choices with much better reviews than the Lowes unit

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=ac+tracer...f=nb_sb_noss_1

The one for 30 dollars is a lot like the Lowes for 49, but it doesn't
autmoatically adjust sensitivity. Doing it manually could end up
causing one to have to scan more than twice (I'm assuming the autmoatic
one actually works well.)

https://www.amazon.com/Extech-CB10-C...&s=hi& sr=1-4

In the closeup of the part that plugs in, it includes the 3-led tester
and it has an indication for hot and ground reversed, and hot and
neutral reversed, but not one for neutral and ground reversed.

I guess that is because there is no way to tell without looking?