Stan in Oly, WA
Well-known Member
Is there a simple, non-destructive way to find out whether a 12/2 W/G electrical cable in a house is carrying current? I need to find a run of cable on a particular circuit in my awful crawl space. It would be much simpler if I could just turn off that circuit at the breaker and find the cable not carrying current. The alternative will be to start where the cable drops through the floor from an outlet I know to be on the circuit I want, then follow it back to the point where I need to tap into it. But that means starting on the far side of the house in a crawl space which is too low to get around in on hands and knees, and trying to follow cable which is concealed by fiberglass insulation between the joists. I used to not hate this kind of project, but those days are past.
Stan
Stan