Failed final for not having panel schedule

[celtic]

I'm not sure that would be fair to the hacks.

LMAO




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[e57]

Our shop hired a young guy from another western state, one that unlike Oregon, doesn't require a license, and while he has turned out to be a pretty darned good resi wireman, he has some interesting self-taught habits.

He rings out circuits from the receptacle end with a little device he made himself. It is a sp switch in a plastic box wired to connect hot to neutral, and a cordcap on the other end. He plugs it in, turns it on, and whatever breaker trips is the circuit in question. Coarse but effective.

Bemused Oregonians call this the "Utah Method".

Since I beleive WA and I know that CA requires certification now - I'll assume "Western" means HI or AL as well?

Anyway - some would call this the "Came' La Pinche Casa" method.... Loose translation is "Burn the damned house down"....

 

[dnem]

I just turn off a circuit, then go around and see what doesn't work. Once you find a circuit that doesn't have power, you can pretty much guess what else is on that circuit. After going around finding what's dead, I turn that circuit back on, then turn another one off.

When you see what doesn't work that doesn't tell you if you found the circuit or if you found a problem, such as a dead plug or a burned out bulb.

I noticed that a number of people on this thread talk about turning a circuit off. . I don't like that method. . I like turning everything in the house on, including the range, dryer, TV, everything. . Then turn off all of the breakers except one. . I found it easier to find what is on then finding was isn't on.

 

[dnem]

this is probably why we end up with so many panels with circuits labeled "plug" and "lights".

Do they pass inspection ?
408.4 "distinguished from all others"

 

[jflynn]

he has some interesting self-taught habits.

He plugs it in, turns it on, and whatever breaker trips is the circuit in question. Coarse but effective.

Bemused Oregonians call this the "Utah Method".

Does he replace the breakers after he;s done with the "utah method" ?

 

[DanZ]

Does he replace the breakers after he;s done with the "utah method" ?

Only if they're FPE! What about any connected equipment that fails as a result of an open breaker?