In addition to locating a breaker associated with an outlet, can this device be used to locate the wiring path in walls to that breaker?
1118447
Unfortunately this device cannot. I recommend using a toner device instead.
1118448
My experience is that the sensor must be very close to the transmitted signal. My opinion is it would not work for cable behind wallboard, etc. Could be a help in sorting out cables you can touch.
1118449
I really don't think so. I'm not sure that the sensor can read the signal through a wall along the path of the wire as it does at the breaker. Admittedly I've never tried to.
1928075
It can tell you *which* wire is bad, but cannot tell you the *distance* to the break. In other words, it would tell you that the wire connected to pin 4 is not conducting, but would not tell you that the problem is in a kink 12 feet from this end of the cable. I believe that the tools that do that are 10x more expensive.
1256363
It will take some time to trace the cut wire, but the tester on the outside of the wall will pick up the conductor making a alarm sound and when you get to the cut part it will quit the alarm. You have to go to one of the outlets to hook up the tester and trace it. Make sure the wire has been cut and not just a GFI that is tripped somewhere.
1401916
It would remove protection from that location and any other outlets protected by that GFCI. An option would be to install a GFCI breaker in the panel for that circuit that would protect the outlets and allow you to replace the GFCI outlet with this product.
896999
No this is strictly for tracing breaker/fuse circuits in line voltage applications - home, business, commercial
717020
No...used to measure circuit installation..grounding, reversed polarity, open neutral, ect.
341205
if you have a 110 volt supply check circuit panel for a triped breaker, also there is an iginter that could be bad..
1322319
This unit is made up of 2 parts as you can see. The smaller part which you plug in to a outlet inside your house This is the Transmitter. The larger part is the receiver. Once you plug in the transmitter you can then scan all the circuit breakers within your power panel. As you can down through all the breakers the one that is connected to the outlet in the house will be transmitting and when the receiver unit passes over that breaker it will receive the tone and light up indicating that this circuit breaker is associated with the outlet inside your home. Some times you will get false indications so you should double check the operation if you are unsure. After finding the correct breaker you can then switch off that breaker and then check the outlet in the house and verify that it is no longer hot (powered)
2169295
No, the little one will only plug into a 120 volt outlet. The big one only reads a signal from the little one. The little one can be used to check for proper wiring but basicly this setup is used as a breaker locator. I'm a journeyman electrician and have used most of the breaker locators out there including one our shop has that cost $2500.00. When it comes to locating which breaker an outlet is on the Ideal 61-534 is the best I've ever used.
198693
Yes it will. A very handy tool when rewiring outlets or just checking for power.
712171
of course. I wired one of these with a switch, and the other one is on a separate circuit, so I could use the circuit breaker as a switch if I ever needed. You could do either.
142933
Yes. The instrument has two detection levels, one for low voltage and one for house voltage and above. If you want to check for wires behind walls, switch the instrument to low voltage detection mode. It will then me sensitive enough to detect house voltage in lines behind walls. I've used it to detect wires behind lath and plaster walls which are generally over an inch thick. In high voltage detection mode you have to have the end of the instrument very close to the line, almost touching it, for detection.
1256364
Recall that the neutral gets tied to ground only at the power entry box so, one way is to measure from neutral to ground at each outlet. Now assuming you already know which outlet is missing neutral, you could inspect inside the box for a loose or missing connection. Be careful of course because the hot may be connected. Recall that this device can not be connected to power so I use my meter to check for pwr before I connect it.If the neutral is open try going to the part of the network which is not connected to ground and put the signal gen between ground and the neutral line and follow it until you lose the signal. This should be where it is open. Recall that the neutral gets tied to ground only at the power entry box so, one way is to measure from neutral to ground at each outlet. Now assuming you already know which outlet is missing neutral, you could inspect inside the box for a loose or missing connection. Be careful of course because the hot may be connected. Recall that this device can not be connected to power so I use my meter to check for pwr before I connect it.If the neutral is open try going to the part of the network which is not connected to ground and put the signal gen between ground and the neutral line and follow it... » Read More Recall that the neutral gets tied to ground only at the power entry box so, one way is to measure from neutral to ground at each outlet. Now assuming you already know which outlet is missing neutral, you could inspect inside the box for a loose or missing connection. Be careful of course because the hot may be connected. Recall that this device can not be connected to power so I use my meter to check for pwr before I connect it.If the neutral is open try going to the part of the network which is not connected to ground and put the signal gen between ground and the neutral line and follow it until you lose the signal. This should be where it is open. « Show Less
739255
Absolutely. There is a free software you can use to transfer way points to the unit as well via USB. I'm currently using it to locate and mark utility manholes.
1475939
I don't know. If it isn't, could a breaker in the panel box serve the purpose?
889290
I am not a plumber. I do not believe this tool will tell you the source of the water inflow, just the moisture level that is present where you can reach it with the probes on the device. You can test the areas along the wall above the floor and in other areas where the wall meets the floor and maybe deduce which areas are worse or better to try and isolate the problem area.
1779178
You do have to be pretty close to the wire for the sensor to pick it up, so I don't think it would detect it at all underground. Besides that, even if it could, it's not designed to clarify where an abrupt end to a signal is, so if you lost the signal, it could mean the wire is broke or you are no longer following the wire. Bottom line, this tool is not the way to resolve your problem.