Feburary 4, 2012 Topics: What temperature for the furnace when leaving f...
Smart Meters & EMF Health Concerns On January 24, 2012 I was a guest on the Tommy Schnurma...
January 28, 2012 Topics:Installing ventilation in a baseboard heated hou...
Last Updated: Monday, January 15th, 2001, Created: Monday, January 15th, 2001
In this TV show I showed off two great electrical detective devices.
The first is called an Inductive Voltage Detector and can be found at automobile supply stores. The one I showed had the trade name Circuit Alert and was made by GB Instruments. Somehow it knows if a wire is connected to the hot side of the mains panel. So it will tell you which wire is connected to the circuit breaker, and which is not. It will tell you if the part of a wire you are testing (like a telephone or a car circuit wire) is connected to the source or not and where the break in the wire is, all without cutting into the wire's insulation. An amazing gadget.
Just as amazing are the modern 'Circuit Detectives'. Here you plug in a transmitter that sends a signal down the wire back towards the circuit. Then you use the receiver at the circuit or fuse panel and it points to the proper breaker. No more guess work. Just like cellular telephones most of these kinds of gadgets on the market are analogue, and they often get confused by interference in the lines. You no longer have to reset all the clocks in the house just because you were trying to find the right fuse or circuit breaker. Be careful though. By the way, when neighbours borrow this gadget, it doesn't come back.
Keywords: Circuit Breakers, Circuits, Electrical, Fuse, Testing, Tools, Wire
Article 1178