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

[Steve Bloom]

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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