How do you Find or Trace a Circuit Breaker using the Harbor Freight Circuit Detective!

Link to the item on the HF Website: www.harborfreight.com/circuit...
From the website:
Take the guesswork out of finding circuit breakers with the circuit breaker detective
Plug the circuit breaker detective's transmitter into the circuit you want to find, go to the breaker box and the receiver identifies the correct breaker. The unit features a flashing arrow indicator and digital calibration for faster, easier and more reliable performance. The auto shutoff feature saves battery life.
Flashing arrow indicator for easier identification
Digital calibration for faster, easier, more reliable identification
Fully automatic
Manual and automatic shutoff

[@billhandymanbill2775]

I have to tool and its works great. You can also use a small "standard screw-in to single receptacle" electrical connector that screws into a light socket and then you can plug in the transmitter into it as to do with a standard receptacle so you can find the light circuit in the fuse/circuit breaker panel.

[@Blazer02LS]

I have the sperry version of this tool. Used to use it in commercial stores when I was with the lottery, we had a requirement that the machine and modems were on a dedicated circuit and used these tools to find the breaker. If the agent had called with some weird issue and we suspected it was the power, find the breaker, shut it off, what actually went off? Just the machine? OK we would toss a power filter on and see what it did. Some stores would swear that it was on the correct circuit, flip the breaker and hear a cooler or lights shut off... OOPs that isn't right. Fix that and call us back, or lose the lottery... (At that time the lottery license was also tied to the liquor license, lose either one, costs you both)

[@SteveAB4EL]

Please did it again, but on the "second pass" do the breakers in a different order. :^) It should detect correctly, if it is simply identifying the maximum amplitude breaker. And would show the robustness of the tool.

[@1D10CRACY]

This would of been a GREAT idea! Wish I would of thought of that when I did the video! :D

[@lordgarth1]

It would be cool if they had a transmitter that was a lightbulb to cover lighting circuits as well.

[@tacocin]

simple ... there is an adapter that screws into a light bulb socket that converts it to a standard plug.

[@1D10CRACY]

They really should! I suppose keeping one of these would also be an option. amzn.to/46tb8Lk

[@breadfan9]

@@tacocinYa. You can get them anywhere. Well, almost

[@buzzsah]

That can be a usesful tool to have in the box.

[@maingun07]

Neat little toy, ain't it? I've had one in my electrical tool box for a while now. Still use it every now and then when I can't read my chicken scratch notes in the breaker box.

[@swesleyc7]

Anything to go in reverse? Say, connect to a circuit at the breaker, then go around and find all the outlets connected to that breaker?

[@rrsp253]

Can you identify the outlet even if their is no power/not hot but you want to know which breaker it is wired to ?

[@johnwhan7288]

I to would like to know.