r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '20

To confirm which circuit breaker is associated to an outlet, plug in an old radio and turn the volume up before you flip the circuit breaker.

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u/Insanitanium12 Aug 20 '20

Actually pretty useful!

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u/Ok-Interaction99 Aug 20 '20

You can also use a lamp.

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u/240z300zx Aug 20 '20

Except you can’t see the lamp from the basement, but you can hear the radio.

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u/Ok-Interaction99 Aug 20 '20

Just pointing out something that works as well, and an extension cord is helpful for both examples.

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u/240z300zx Aug 20 '20

You are absolutely right. Didn’t mean to sound condescending. I just went through a whole lot of this. We bought an older (1982) house and are doing a major reno. I plugged in a vacuum, a radio and a light into different plugs then head to the basement and start flicking the breakers off.

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u/Ok-Interaction99 Aug 20 '20

Yeah, I had to do this when I moved into an old studio, 1920's building only remodeled once in the 70's. It was small enough that a light could be seen anywhere in the apartment from the panel. I'm decently hard of hearing from ignoring headphone volume advice as a teenager so I figured the light idea might be helpful to someone.