Tracing Lighting Circuits

[L1ght1ngGuy]

Hey everyone,
I am going to be working on tracing lighting circuits in large industrial facilities and wanted to reach out and see if anyone had any suggestions on the best method to go about this. I have a Zircon Breaker ID Pro and am planing on using this as best I can. I have many high-bay fixtures which will be difficult to trace but my plan right now is to follow conduit and hopefully find a j-box that I can tape in the transmitter leads of the circuit tracer. Any suggestions on methods or tools would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

[gar]

161129-2323 EST

I have no experience with your device, but from the description it could be useful.

A rather positive approach is to put an oscillating load on the circuit to be traced. For example 5 or 10 A on for 1 second and off for 1 second. The load and timing are not critical. Use a current probe at the breaker to look for the circuit with the varying load.

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[Fulthrotl]

Hey everyone,
I am going to be working on tracing lighting circuits in large industrial facilities and wanted to reach out and see if anyone had any suggestions on the best method to go about this. I have a Zircon Breaker ID Pro and am planing on using this as best I can. I have many high-bay fixtures which will be difficult to trace but my plan right now is to follow conduit and hopefully find a j-box that I can tape in the transmitter leads of the circuit tracer. Any suggestions on methods or tools would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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i bought the magic solution on here, from edward. it kicks ass.
he had one he didn't need anymore.

you put the transmitter at the panel, with a CT clipped on each
wire of a 42 circuit panel board.

you go thru out the building, touching wires with the receiver.
a display tells you the circuit number. you are done.

one person, no switching, no hollering. fast.

https://www.tasco-usa.com/products/circuit-mapper-system/

 

[mgookin]

Now that's one cool toy!

.
i bought the magic solution on here, from edward. it kicks ass.
he had one he didn't need anymore.

you put the transmitter at the panel, with a CT clipped on each
wire of a 42 circuit panel board.

you go thru out the building, touching wires with the receiver.
a display tells you the circuit number. you are done.

one person, no switching, no hollering. fast.

https://www.tasco-usa.com/products/circuit-mapper-system/

 

[iwire]

Another way to go is to go in after hours and just shut down circuits to identify them.

Often a combination of tracing tools and off hours work is what we end up doing.

 

[JFletcher]

Another way to go is to go in after hours and just shut down circuits to identify them.

Often a combination of tracing tools and off hours work is what we end up doing.

This. The Tasco tracer is very nice but not going to be of much help on high bay lights. An assistant to call-out or note what lights get deenergized when breakers are turned off will help a lot.

 

[GoldDigger]

It also depends on whether you just need to know what loads are on what circuits or also need to know what path the wires follow to get there

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[L1ght1ngGuy]

.
i bought the magic solution on here, from edward. it kicks ass.
he had one he didn't need anymore.

you put the transmitter at the panel, with a CT clipped on each
wire of a 42 circuit panel board.

you go thru out the building, touching wires with the receiver.
a display tells you the circuit number. you are done.

one person, no switching, no hollering. fast.

https://www.tasco-usa.com/products/circuit-mapper-system/

Wow this is cool! Thanks really appreciate all of the responses.

 

[L1ght1ngGuy]

This. The Tasco tracer is very nice but not going to be of much help on high bay lights. An assistant to call-out or note what lights get deenergized when breakers are turned off will help a lot.

Yeah probably going to have to resort to this method. Thank you!

 

[K8MHZ]

Yeah probably going to have to resort to this method. Thank you!

Grab a pair of FRS radios if you do. They come in super handy for work like this.