Circuit breaker finder/detective thing?

[Jay Maiers]

I've got a less expensive Sperry purchased from either HD or Lowes, somewhere aroud $50 IIRC.
It's not going to hold up to commercial or heavy duty use, but it's been just fine for the house. The good news is that it's easy to return if you want a better model.

[Jim Falsetti]

I bought one at HF for under $20. It worked OK (but not great) for us. We had two people, using phones and checking the results, in our raised ranch.

The house was built in the early '70s. Looks like the electrician was on LSD when he wired the house.

Jim

[phil harold]

radios or cellphones work better than the cheap one I got

[george newbury]

Well I bought the Lowes "Ideal Automatic Circuit Breaker Finder with Analog Receiver".

First circuit detected right on the money first time.
Second circuit, in bathroom under flourescent lights, couldn't find.
Third circuit, down in the shop, found it right off. Might resort to radio with a walkie talkie.

[george newbury]

Well now I've used the "Ideal Automatic Circuit Breaker Finder with Analog Receiver" to trace down most of the 120V circuits in in my shops and about half a dozen in 1 house and it seems to working pretty well.