Circuit finder

[talion83]

This question may be slightly off topic, but this was the closest section I could think of:

I have a room which is functioning as my server room, it has 16 Outlets going to 9 Breakers - problem is the outlets aren't labeled to what breaker they go to and we have had issues in which we have overloaded a circuit. So I have spread them out so that no two items are grabbing from the same wall and this has helped - but it means I have some extension cords and such going.

Ultimately what I need to do is identify which circuit goes to which outlet, preferably without killing the circuit and testing each outlet that way.

I attempted to use a 'Circuit Tracker' (specifically This Gardner GET-1200) however there is too much cross talk between the cables in that when I go to the circuit breaker nearly all of them are at the 'max' setting on the unit.

Does anyone have experience with something like this? The circuit tracker I mentioned above is something I borrowed from our Maintenance team - if there is another one we can purchase which will do a better job please let me know (preferably something under $100 as this would be a one time use).

Thanks.

 

[DSF]

I take it the breakers are not actually in the server room?

Do you have anyone that can help you? I know you said you don't want to do it manually, but with two people on walkie talkies/cells checking 16 outlets should take less than 10 mins. Once an outlet is labeled the number you need to check decreases, so it's really not that much of a task if you can communicate.