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flaaaacid t1_j9kgius wrote

I've run into this before. It's probably being fed by two breakers due to a cross connect somewhere in the wiring. I'd start turning off the breakers one by one, but don't turn them right back on. Leave them off. When the power is finally cut that will give you one of the breakers feeding that line. Leave that one off and turn everything back on, then repeat the process to find the other breaker feeding it.

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Fallengreekgod OP t1_j9khbc1 wrote

Curious why would they wire it like that instead of just daisy chain off of one breaker?

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flaaaacid t1_j9khnu5 wrote

Oh it absolutely shouldn't be wired like that. There's no acceptable reason to wire one plug with two breakers. But it sounds like this is old wiring, if there's no ground, and stuff happens throughout the years.

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alohadave t1_j9lhp4m wrote

Because homeowners do crazy stupid shit that they half understand.

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