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"The Frank Williams School of Electrical Construction". My dear old boss is 96 and still going God Bless him. I started working for "Tenafly Electric" right out of high school at 19. He was tough but I learned more working for him in 8 and half years than most guys. We did mostly industrial work while doing some commercial and residential so I was fortunate to be exposed to all 3 areas of electrical construction. The guys I worked with were all good guys and I stay in touch with some of them still. Most of us went into our own buisness's which says something about the caliber of the guys I worked with. We had some interesting clients : Wella Corp. of shampoo fame, Farah Fawcett etc, I didn't buy shampoo for 10 years, it was a great place to work. Pan Am the X airline just before they went under, another great place to work, nice clean environment. C&C Metals, the largest button manufacturer in the US, a not so clean environment but a very interesting place to work, lots of machine's cranking out buttons of all kinds but you had to be on your toes, it was a potentially dangerous place to be . All kinds of action going on around you.
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Expert: PASCACK VALLEY ELECTRIC Bob Mossman - 11/7/2009
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HI Bob:
Thanks for your time. Here's the situation. I built my own house - had a guy running the wires. Asked him to label everything he said he'd remember - he didnt !
Well after a lot of time I have gotten most of it figured out but still have two or three circuits that are just dead. Wires running in but not bringing power so I'd like to trace back the power feed wires and see where they are coming from. I know they have some expensive wire tracers but I really would prefer not to spend $400 - $5O0 ouch I was looking at this one http://www.licensedelectrician.com/Store/AM/ECB50A.htm its an amprobe ECB50A will I be able to trace wires with that ? ie right now I have a wire coming into a box that should be bringing power in but it isnt I would like to see where that wire is coming from .
Thanks for your time
Mike
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Mike,
The tracer you mention is for "live" circuits only and yours are not live. What you could use is a device the phone company uses to trace phone lines. HD and Lowes carry it. You connect the "toner" module to one end of the cable and from that point backwards you can trace the cable to its end. The tone can be heard all along the cable so can trace it for the entire length. The device sells for under $50 and you might even be able to get it on E-Bay or Craigs list for cheap.
Bob
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