[RFI] Tracing wires.

[David C. Hallam]

I have a ceiling fan in the room that I use as a radio room/office. It 
is wired into the overhead lights circuit in the garage which is on the 
complete opposite side of the house.  I found this out when my wife 
bought a new more powerful microwave oven.  She plugged it into the 
garage circuit which has a 15A breaker.  With the garage lights on, the 
microwave will trip the breaker.  The ceiling fan stops too.  I pulled a 
wire out of the outlet used for the microwave and found 14 ga. so I am 
stuck with a 15A breaker.

Part of the house is wired with 12 ga and part with 14 ga.  Cheap a** 
builder

David
KW4DH

On 1/20/2016 7:01 AM, Christopher Brown wrote:
> It would be a /classic/ for an after the fact install of a temp
> controlled attic fan to be tapped into the nearest circuit, often the
> light fixture feed of a nearby room.
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> There are two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a measurement.
> If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.
> Enrico Fermi