Locating feeds

Problem: How can I locate which breaker is feeding a 120-V outlet? Solution: Plug a troublelite with a flasher button installed in the socket. Check the current at the breakers. The sought circuit has a fluctuating current.

By Staff September 1, 1998

Problem: How can I locate which breaker is feeding a 120-V outlet?

Solution: Plug a troublelite with a flasher button installed in the socket. Check the current at the breakers. The sought circuit has a fluctuating current.

Contributor: Gary Bulgrien, Patriot Sensors, Peck, MI