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Distribution and use of electricity throughout the home. Electrical standards vary greatly worldwide, so you need to provide your location in your question or profile to ensure you get answers that are relevant to you. Posting photographs of wiring junctions or drawing a wiring diagram and posting it is also highly recommended.

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Is there a device to plug in to dead socket to figure out which breaker?

This may be a break in the circuit, not a broken breaker. Do you know any sockets that were on this breaker? Are they also dead? If some of them work and rest doesn't, search for a burned wire betwee …
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How should under cabinet lighting wires be placed on the wall?

Are you considering LED strips on new cabinets? The convenient solution would be having the led strip power supplies in the "above stove" cabinet, and putting a regular power socket above the stove. ( …
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When drilling holes in a wall, how do you make sure you don't hit an electrical wire?

Get a cable detector - inexpensive ones run for 10$ or less. As you already know, the common (correct) way to lay cables is horizontally/vertically from outlets, so if you intend to drill anywhere nea …
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