The Fluke 115 Compact Digital Multimeter has appeal as a circuit tester, especially given that I’m a little hesitant to take on jobs of an electrical nature. Maybe it’s my inexperience with it or maybe it’s from being the gullible type who too often has freaked out over a fake electrocution prank (just so you know, it is not funny to be working at an outlet and pretend to thrive from the volts of electricity supposedly coursing through your body. It will especially not be funny to you when your wife unexpectedly wacks you hard with a broom in an attempt to free you from the circuit). Read More
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USEFUL: Zircon CF12 Circuit Breaker Finder
There’s a good chance that the labelling on your circuit breaker panel is less than stellar. Some people arrive into their new home to see it completely blank. Mine, on the other hand, looks like this:
1 – Lights
2 – Lights
3 – Lights
4 – Lights
5 – Kitchen
6 – Kitchen
… and so on.
Great. So helpful. Circuit breaker panel labels like the example above are about as useful as a Hills castmate on Jeopardy or a microphone at an Ashley Simpson concert (have a good “as useful as a” comparison? Let us know!).
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