Can I use this to find where the wiring from a single-pole light switch in my older house leads to?
889252
Probably. It depends on how far and how insulated the wires are between the switch and the breaker box. I've found that on longer runs, the tones generated by this device just aren't "loud" enough to make it easy to find which wire it leads to on the other side. Unless your house is huge, you'll probably be ok.
889253
Yes you can .This is like a high tech continuity device .Please make sure your working on De energized wires .I recently used it to find out where my telephone lines started and ended .nice tester.
2275342
i would not recomend it on a live circuit. but if you new it was a dead circuit, it would work. pervided you could get close to the wire you were tracing.
1566523
Yes you can, I removed some old fluorescent fixtures just leaving a white black and neutral wire. I think connected these new fixtures, they worked really well, I bought more
746397
you don't need a wiring diagram just a continuity meter. check out your plug -find witch wire connects to witch pin and replace with the new plug the same way
518731
Yes, it would work. It can be used as a single pole switch or a double pole switch (turn light on and off from 2 locations.)You can connect/attach the green wire to the wall box wherever you can or to the grounding wires inside the wall box.Cap the red wire with one of the wire nuts provided or you can buy a smaller one at a local hardware store or home repair center.
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Hello, I have no idea, was just curious about the item and thought I could use it to possibly track down a wall switch that goes nowhere in our house. turn off all breakers but the circuit the switch is on and check for a signal thru the wall with the switch on and follow it, have not tried yet. Just checked around a few wires and it does sense the electricity. I think the deal on it detecting cameras is that you can see the infrared with it or something. Have not had time to really check, it may just be a barely useful gimmick. But I hope I can trace the wire. It may make a cool kinda selective sensitivity signal tracer.Peace! Hello, I have no idea, was just curious about the item and thought I could use it to possibly track down a wall switch that goes nowhere in our house. turn off all breakers but the circuit the switch is on and check for a signal thru the wall with the switch on and follow it, have not tried yet. Just checked around a few wires and it does sense the electricity. I think the deal on it detecting cameras is that you can see the infrared with it or something. Have not had time to really check, it may just be a barely useful gimmick. But I hope I can trace the wire. It may make a cool kinda... » Read More Hello, I have no idea, was just curious about the item and thought I could use it to possibly track down a wall switch that goes nowhere in our house. turn off all breakers but the circuit the switch is on and check for a signal thru the wall with the switch on and follow it, have not tried yet. Just checked around a few wires and it does sense the electricity. I think the deal on it detecting cameras is that you can see the infrared with it or something. Have not had time to really check, it may just be a barely useful gimmick. But I hope I can trace the wire. It may make a cool kinda selective sensitivity signal tracer.Peace! « Show Less
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This does not offer an option to wire into existing electrical switches or dimmers. I'm sure it could be done, if you know a few things about electrical. This system plugs into an existing outlet and uses a wired switch. It does not have a dimmer.
665857
No, you cannot use it directly for a 3 way switch, since the contacts are SPST type (Single Pole Single Trow).
1045422
it goes between the light switch and the lights so it will be whatever the line amperage is for the lighting you want to control. Will be fine for normal outside lights which is where I have it.
114334
You can trace a single wire BUT if you have any other wires near the single strand then they will probably pickup the signal as well. Make sure wire is not energized.
2155821
Yes, you could trace any wiring with this as long as you can disconnect the power from it, like your battery in this case.
2269255
I sent it back, I don't remember which side the switch was on! They sell the ones for wiring !
512756
This CONTROLS a fixture in a space that doesn't have wiring for one. Not the way you are asking. So no.
1318816
I'm not an electrian but we have multiple lights running in one line and we use one switch. I don't know if this is what you meaned. For safety purposes it's best that you get the advice of an electrician.
1124452
Nope. It will tie into your existing light wiring the same as your old lamp.
924749
No, you need a neutral for the light to work on this device and not all light switches have a neutral but splitting the load wire is not going to work.
896999
No this is strictly for tracing breaker/fuse circuits in line voltage applications - home, business, commercial