kwired
Electron manager
- Location
- NE Nebraska
Still might require to loosen and pull the switch out of the box while it is live so you can gain access to connect the tracer, but that may still be better choice than doing the entire changeout while energized.almost every tester I have seen has various adapters, and typically one with alligator clips. Some have an inductive clamp as well. IF not, just make one up. Connect one to the yoke and the other to the line side screw with the switch off, dont have to touch anything hot.
If you were in a troubleshooting situation and determined the switch was bad, you may already have it pulled out of the box anyway, just clip leads with alligator clips on the hot conductor and something grounded and you have power for the tracer, or something to connect radio, flasher with light, or other mentioned items to.