There is a toolshed in backyard hardwired into the house electrical system. There is also a pond (with an automatic timer for the pump/lights) and an irrigation system hardwired into the house.
No power to toolshed. Don't know why, can't find which breaker.
Everytime I turn on the water pump for the pool, it blows the GFI it is routed through. But the GFI will run the irrigation/lights.
There is a serious problem somewhere from the pump to the GFI. GFI is much more protective than a breaker and it can be difficult to find since some meters won't read any problem.
Something like this can help find where a broken wire is and where a breaker is. I'm not sure how deep it can read, probably not much considering the cost. It should find the breaker even if one wire is broken. You can find these cheaper, the link is just an example and you would want the clip adaptor.
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No power to toolshed. Don't know why, can't find which breaker.
Everytime I turn on the water pump for the pool, it blows the GFI it is routed through. But the GFI will run the irrigation/lights.
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Something like this can help find where a broken wire is and where a breaker is. I'm not sure how deep it can read, probably not much considering the cost. It should find the breaker even if one wire is broken. You can find these cheaper, the link is just an example and you would want the clip adaptor.
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail&name=705-1022-ND
If you have to rerun the wire save some trouble and run PVC pipe for it. Then it's nothing to rerun new wire and it's pretty well protected.
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