Zircon CF12 Pro Circuit Breaker Finder with Professional Accessories
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Zircon CF12 Pro Circuit Breaker Finder with Professional Accessories
Customer Review: Very disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
This Zircon tracing unit was purchased in preparation for extensive rework of a main household electrical panel. It looked great, both in description and when it arrived. But it proved to be completely useless in operation. I followed the instructions meticulously, taking special care to calibrate the unit by passing the sensor over all the breakers in the box. It would sometimes sense breakers in the vicinity of the correct one but that once sensed, they set the calibration to a level that could not be repeated, so on a second pass across the breakers, there was NO indication of finding a breaker. [It sometimes sensed breakers that had no relation to the circuit being traced) After trying to trace three separate circuits, I made one final test: I used the receiver to sense the transmitter directly. I then "sensed" an outlet not far away and returned to retest the transmitter - even that did not work. At that point the unit went back into its box and back to Amazon.
Today the electrician who came to do the work on the electrical panel traced the circuits by turning on lights and having a helper visually see what went off when he tripped certain breakers. He explained that they had found transmitter/receiver systems to do this unreliable. It's possible I got a defective unit. It's possible others who gave high reviews were lucky, not sure. But for my money this device was a pure waste of time; were it not for Amazon's return policy it would also have ben a waste of money. Pity.
Customer Review: Very easy to use
Summary: 4 Stars
Product worked well for us. We have a complicated office with four sub-panels, some 220V, and wires running all over everywhere with little apparent pattern. We were able to figure out where almost everything went, with a few exceptions. And because it works on live circuits we didn't need to turn breakers on and off.
The unit is very easy to use because it automatically adjusts for signal strength. Run it past each breaker twice and it reliably identifies the one that's connected to the probe at the other end.
We did run into a problem with the unit -- it died after one week. We called the company, which repaired it and shipped in back in working condition promptly and without complaint.
Customer Review: Very good
Summary: 5 Stars
This thing is worth twice the money... I charge customers $40./day rental and they are glad to pay it...85Vac thru 277V !! Cant go wrong.Customer Review: Works Great
Summary: 5 Stars
I had a 10 or 15 year-old breaker finder from Radio Shack which would always identify several breakers as "the one". This Zircon unit works perfectly, always identifying just 1 breaker, and it's the correct one.
Make sure you understand and follow the directions. The signal from one wire will be coupled to nearby wires. This can't be avoided. The reason you have to run the detector past all the circuit breakers once is to let it identify the strongest signal. On this first pass it may light up on more than one breaker. But on the 2nd pass, it'll only indicate the breaker with the strongest signal, which is the one you're looking for. It's also important that you orient the detector as shown in the instructions.
Customer Review: Works Well and as Expected
Summary: 5 Stars
Circuit box is in the basement on the east side of the house. This let me easily locate the breaker switch for an outlet on the 3rd floor on the West side of the house.
The two locations could not be farther from each other at our house (three flights of stairs and across the length of the house). Simply plugged the locator device into the outlet I wanted to identify, then followed the instructions (make sure you hold the device correctly) to scan the circuit switches with the yellow wand. Viola! It pinpoints the right breaker switch on the second pass.