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Circuit breaker questions (possibly dumb)

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Inmates,

I have always had trouble figuring out which circuit breaker in my house covered various areas of the house. Recently I turned on lights in all of the rooms in my house and had my son go through the house to determine where the lights went off when I turned off a circuit breaker. We wound up with several areas where the lights did not go off and several circuit breakers that did not appear to control anything. One of the areas where the lights did not go off was in the area where my stereo is plugged in. Since my son is a typical 15 year old I believed that operator error may have been involved in the results of our investigation.

Last night I used an extension cord to plug in a lamp where I usually plug in my stereo. The cord was long enough that I could see the lamp from the cicuit breaker. I turned off every circuit breaker. The lamp stayed lit.

I have checked my house. I have two circuit breakers in the garage. I don't see any other circuit breakers.

Am I missing something?

Second question. I have ordered two of Alan Maher's Infinities. I plan to attach them to the wire to my stereo, once I fgure out which wire it is. Should I turn off the power to the entire circuit breaker prior to working behind the cover?

Thanks,

Hujo

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