[sudo-discuss] Electrical work currently being done for La Commune (affecting panel for Kitchen / Upstairs_

[Steve Bloom]

Thanks, David.

On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 12:35 AM, David Keenan <dkeenan44 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all your work, Steve!
>
> FYI the off the shelf circuit tracers dont really work. You need a really
> expensive pro one. Saying this from experience in Omni, cause I bought one
> too. Basically what happens is the trace leaks into other circuits a lot
> and you get misreadings, so don't put a lot of faith in them - you'll have
> to physically test'em to be sure.
>
> David
>
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 11:09 PM, Steve Bloom <stevebloom55 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Patrik, that should come in handy!
>>
>> -- Steve
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 9:05 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> By the way, we do have a circuit tracer in CCL, in case anyone needs
>>> one. You plug a little gizmo into a live outlet, or clip it onto a set of
>>> live wires, and it send a small audio signal up through the wire that you
>>> can detect at the breaker panel.
>>>
>>> It's in the drawer labeled "tools" in one of the lab benches. The orange
>>> gadget is the sensor. the small wall wart device is the transmitter.
>>>
>>> Patrik
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Steve Bloom <stevebloom55 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for posting this, David.
>>>>
>>>> Cover is on and the tripping problem should now be at least reduced
>>>> since I was able to split the circuit such that the kitchen and den are on
>>>> one breaker (now #7) and the hallways on another (#8).  In addition, the LC
>>>> extension cord (to which the overhead light strings are attached) has been
>>>> removed from that same circuit and put on #6, which is powering a temporary
>>>> receptacle in LC that we're also using for our power tools.
>>>>
>>>> All nine of the other breakers are turned off since they're no longer
>>>> doing anything, although I'm unwiring them only after confirming what
>>>> they're actually attached to.  Most of these were to now-defunct lighting
>>>> and power circuits in the bar area.  Next week several will be repurposed
>>>> for new receptacle circuits in LC to be installed along the
>>>> newly-sheetrocked walls.
>>>>
>>>> The note taped to the front of the panel now reflects this new
>>>> condition.
>>>>
>>>> Some of these circuits are going to be hard to trace and if so will be
>>>> left in place for the time being with the breaker off, so if anyone notices
>>>> a loss of power to anything that was working as of last week, please let me
>>>> know.
>>>>
>>>> If possible, I'll get the den onto a separate circuit from the kitchen.
>>>>
>>>> -- Steve
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 6:25 PM, David Keenan <dkeenan44 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The tireless volunteers Steve Bloom ( stevebloom55 at gmail.com ) and I
>>>>> believe Rayc ( what is is email - anyone know? )  are in the midst of
>>>>> decommissioning electrical runs from to La Commune, from the panel in Rise
>>>>> Above that also feeds the oft-tripping breaker to the upstairs.
>>>>>
>>>>> All, before touching this panel, please attempt to communicate first
>>>>> with Steve or Rayc regarding whether it safe to do. Specifically, all,
>>>>> NEVER reach your hand inside a panel that does not have a cover plate on
>>>>> (covering the electrical wires and connections), even if it is only to flip
>>>>> a breaker. Instead, at a minimum, put the cover plate back on first.
>>>>>
>>>>> This panel includes the oft-tripping breaker for the Kitchen and TIL
>>>>> etc offices - #8, so please pay heed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve showed me that he decommissioned breakers # 7 & 11.
>>>>> Breakers 3&4 were I believe decomissioned by an electrician hired by
>>>>> Rise Above.
>>>>> #8 is the one that always trips and needs to be worked on / rewired to
>>>>> prevent this
>>>>>
>>>>> Please see the photo below for reference.. thanks!
>>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
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