The article discusses the author's experience using the Klein 80016 Circuit Breaker Finder to identify which wall sockets correspond to various circuit breakers in their main electrical panel. The author emphasizes the importance of knowing how much power is used in their Fab Lab, a workspace housing multiple servers and 3D printers. Concerns about overloading a single 15A circuit prompted this exploration, ultimately revealing the need for better electrical management in a house with a complicated layout and unmarked circuits.
I found a cool tool in the Klein 80016 Circuit Breaker Finder that helped me answer those questions. It can help you, too.
That narrow room, the Fab Lab, has six wall sockets. I wanted to find out how much power was going into the room because it supports four servers, seven 3D printers, and a laser cutter.
The problem with the Fab Lab was that I had no idea what wall socket went to what circuit due to the odd layout of the house.
I was concerned about trying to run it all on one 15A circuit, which is not enough juice for all that gear to run at once.
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