Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:58:39 -0400
From: Ron Youvan <ka4inm@gmail.com>
To: amps <amps@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Labeling house circuits
Catherine N5WVR James wrote:
>> Label the wall outlet with the actual circuit breaker rating.
> Good advice. How have other hams done the labeling? I don't want a sloppy
> masking tape label, but something permanent and good-looking. Any
> recommended sources for such good-quality labels that will last?
> I have a dedicated 120V 20A circuit, and a dedicated 240V 30A circuit. Both
> should be labeled.
I use a Brother P-Touch that I bought at Goodwill for $20 you can get
them (computer driven) for $47 from amazon.com. Common cartridges are
available in black on white or colors or black or white on clear.
--
Ron KA4INM
## We used several Brother P touch labelers at work. The later versions would
allow for 2 lines of text or numbers. We had everything from white on black to
..black on white, and also red on white. Any font size you want.
The machine has a built in cutter. When doing hundreds of various labels over
the years, it was ideal. Of course the telco I worked for, was paying for it
all, so ordered up dozens and dozens of blank tapes, in every
color format you can think of. We also used black on clear for some
applications.... and also red on clear. Done right, it comes out
professional. And yes, we also labeled every outlet in the building. But
with more than one breaker
panel being used, we would also have to include the panel number, along with
the breaker number. Like ... panel A3, breaker # 17, etc. Nothing worse than
wasting time, trying to find which breaker on a 4 floor building, which also has
16 panels strewn all over the place.
## Id love to label the various outlets around the home, but the spouse would
go beserko. Plan B is to draw up a detailed sheet of what outlets and lights
are on a given breaker, then leave that info next to the main panel.
IF a branch circuit goes dead, then its easy to find the single breaker that
has popped. But if you are working on something, like wiring, and want to
know which breaker to throw, so you dont kill yourself, it’s a pita
as usually the typ breaker main panels dont leave enough space to include much
info.
Jim VE7RF
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