Identify power source-UPDATE
Son bought a house that is several years old and is updating outside light fixtures. On the far side of the house is a GFCI that has no power. On a brick column near it is a light fixture that I was g...
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Charlie D. wrote:Bobbo wrote:
Buy a Circuit Tracer. Put a Socket to Outlet Adaptor in the light socket. Plug in the tester's transmitter. Take the detector to the breaker box and it will show you EXACTLY which breaker is powering that circuit. I use mine all the time.
And I second RJsfishin's suggestion.
That only works with a powered circuit. The GFCI and light does not have power.
My mistake. You said the wires arced when you touched them. I took that to mean it had power since power is required to create an arc.
