Ravenvalor
Senior Member
- Location
- Piedmont region of NC
A 5 - year old home has a lighting and receptacle circuit tripping a circuit breaker. The breaker is 15amp and not an arc-fault. Since it is only doing it once daily I would like to find or develop some machine that will locate the assuming short. When I get to the home it will not be tripping therefore I need to find a short that is not occuring in my presence.
I am an electrical contractor who has been fixing these types of problems for 24 years. Usually I have to check every accessible part of the circuit including the appliances. I am wondering if there is a theorem associated with ohm's law that will enable me to calculate varying voltages and amps at each outlet to reveal the short.
Thanks,
Jim
I am an electrical contractor who has been fixing these types of problems for 24 years. Usually I have to check every accessible part of the circuit including the appliances. I am wondering if there is a theorem associated with ohm's law that will enable me to calculate varying voltages and amps at each outlet to reveal the short.
Thanks,
Jim