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Reset Breaker and Locate External Circuit Path

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Master Electrician Dad Teaches Son how to Troubleshoot Broken Parking-Lot Lights, Thoughts?

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What happens here

After identifying a tripped circuit breaker, the next action is to attempt to reset it by flipping it fully to the 'off' position and then back to the 'on' position. Observe if it immediately trips again. If it does, the short circuit is still present. Following this, the focus shifts to locating how the wiring exits the building to supply the outdoor parking lot lights. Look for external junction boxes, hand holes, or underground conduit access points where the main feeder for the lights might be accessible. This helps pinpoint where the electrical fault might be located geographically.

Goal: Determine if the short persists and identify the outdoor entry point of the circuit.

Tools and materials

  • Circuit Breaker Various — To be reset and observed for tripping
  • Hand Hole Various — An underground access point for electrical conduits and wiring
  • Junction Box Various — An enclosure for electrical connections, a potential inspection point

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the next step we're going to do? >> We're going to [music] probably try to flip it on and see what happens. We got to see how that wire goes outside. So, we want to look for a junction box. We want to see maybe there's a ground, a handhole, a junction box. Do we want to see a trip circuit breaker or do we want to see circuit breaker that's on and the lights out? What do we prefer as electricians doing troubleshooting? >> I'd rather see the circuit breaker off, >> right? I'd like to see the circuit breaker off, too. That way, we can easily find it, right? We know that it's a short circuit. So, what are the some of the reasons that parking lot lights

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