will this work to find an electrical socket that has suddenly gone dead, but yet no breakers are tripped?
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Yes, and no...it is designed to help you follow wires as they travel behind drywall... it MAY be of use in your situation, but as always, safety first, turn off circuit breakers for that whole section, before you start poking around the wiring... might just be a loose wire on back of socket, or a busted socket itself. This device can help you trace wires, and make sure "RED" over here is the same red over there, etc...make sense? If in doubt, and you are not familiar with getting 'bit' by 110 volts from accidentally touching the wrong wire (s), I would recommend you just hire an electrician, and stand back, so if anything happens, they get bit, not you... your mileage may vary. I used mine for tracing phone wires, and network connections, never for power, but the theory is the same, disconnect anything that COULD power the wire you want to trace, and see if you find any breaks where it shouldn't be (like from mice or nails breaking your power cables) it will help reduce the number and size of holes you have to break into the drywall, that is for sure... good luck, be safe, and if ever in doubt, just call a licensed electrician...
313100
Most likely yes. First use a multimeter to check if the hot wire (black or red where I live) is live. if it is not, Use the alligator clips on the neutral (white) and hot wires. As Malloy said below, make sure the breaker is off, even if the hot wire is not live. Better safe than sorry
1013832
Try doing a continuity test ...(check for current) with a volt meter on each section of wire , before and after the fuse holder , there may be a broken wire somewhere.
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All I know is when my circuit breaker tripped and turned off the electricity for the plug in which the Belkin Pivot Plug was in, it will not work any more.
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Well, update, my sockets are 'grounded'; that is, they have 3 holes, 1 round. But the red light indicator on my Belkin is lit & says not grounded.So, I don't know. I'm using it, & will ask my building manager if it's really grounded or not.
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It only works with a failed electrical circuit. (No power to the outlet).It would not detect a bulb going out.
2046933
Assuming the power cord is good atboth ends. then check if a fuse (under where the register tape goes) is blown.
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With three failures in a row I would (from 30 years of being an industrial electrician) I would inspect your wall sockets. Sometimes these are just connected with the "push" in cheapo deal(It's common in cheaply built homes) instead of the much better wire wrapped and secured by the screw terminal type. I've dealt with situations, even though I would get 120 volts on the meter, things wouldn't run (in this case a forced air furnace). It was an old home and by installing new receptacles and securing the wires properly to the terminals I cured the problem. Good luck.
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This device is to tell you which breaker is on. Then you cut it off to work on the circuit. It will not work without power.
1090295
Check your circuit breaker. Also is it the only appliance plugged in at that outlet?
733596
It did trip a breaker on a power strip a couple of weeks ago (no harm done), but not since then. I would guess it depends on your wiring -- my building is old and it's not hard to blow a fuse when three appliances are running.
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No this device will only show if the outlet actually has power, how it is wired (polarized), and test a GFCI outlet for tripping properly. GFCI not resetting then will not show you anything on this tester as no lights will light up. I would check first to see if there is another GFCI receptacle or even breaker that is downstream from the one that is tripped as I see this in my inspections from time to time. Basically someone installed an unnecessary GFCI . If there is, it will need to be reset in order to reset the one upstream. If not, then the GFCI outlet has probably just gone bad. If none of that made sense....call an electrician. Bottom line is no this tester will not help
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I second the answer of Curtis H. Also be aware that the condition which caused the ground fault to trip the breaker could be intermittent. Thus on one occasion it resets immediately and on the second resetting does not occur.
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Mine is wired 110v has 50amp breaker and has never tripped.I would have to say it could be a ground wire on panel.
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I also used a multimeter to figure it out. You'll have to insert a fuse before checking continuity, however.
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HI Visa, need a bit more info,..this instrument can tell you if you have power, if your neutral is connected and if you have a short circuit. If you need to know how many circuits there are in a space, count the circuit brakers. If you need to know how many receptacles are on a circuit, shut off a breaker and see what is live or not and you'll be able to quantify them. Have fun, Tom
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I don't kno if this will help. It is complete, sealed. If it isn't corroded at plug in ,it will work. Everything is new from where you unplug it.
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Verify that the outlet it's plugged into is good would be the first thing to check. Mine has worked all the time with no trouble but if the outlet is good and working then look on the unit for a fuse maybe but not sure what else to check unless you take it to an electrical technician.