I used a Circuit Breaker Finder for the first time while working on my kitchen entry makeover and IT WAS AWESOME! The days of running up and down the stairs 20 times, turning off one breaker at a time and checking to see if it was the right one — are over!
When I started building the Hutch in the kitchen entry, I decided I needed an electrical outlet in that space. Luckily, there was an outlet in the kitchen, on the opposite side of the hutch side-wall. I could tap into that and bring power over into a new junction box for the hutch.
Using a Circuit Breaker Finder
The first step in doing that is shutting off the power to the existing receptacle.
In the past, in order to turn off a breaker when I was alone, I had to resort to the “20 times up and down the stairs” option. If anyone else happened to be around, I had them on the cell phone waiting to tell me when the lights turn off as I go through the breakers, one by one.
The breakers are labeled, but our house is wired weirdly. Half the time you still have no idea which breaker is the one you want. There isn’t enough room in the little labeling space to write: Coffee station GFCI, back bedroom closet light AND light in the tiny closet under the stairs in the basement. OK, it’s not quite THAT random but it is quite nonsensical!
Which brings me to the circuit breaker finder! I’ve partnered with Zircon this year and I use my stud finder ALL THE TIME. It’s such a great, helpful tool — I wanted to see what other products Zircon has to offer. When I saw the Breaker ID Pro – Circuit Breaker Finder Kit, I just knew it was going to change my life!