Knob And Tube Rewire - Tracing Circuit Wires - Electrical - DIY ...

Hello, I'm looking to get started on a conversion from knob and tube. For starters I plan to have an electrician replace the fuse box with install a 30 circuit 100 Amp breaker. From there I'd like to take care of running new circuits and replacing, to the extent possible, the old knob and tube circuits.

I've mapped out all the circuits but this does not help for knowing where all the wires actually run in the ceiling and walls for a given circuit. I'm assuming that one needs to know the physical routing of a circuit in order to do a conversion. By "converting" I mean to use the same receptacles that were being fed by the knob and tube and instead feed them with the new grounded romex from the breaker.

Unfortunately they put a finished ceiling in the basement when the home was built in 1953 so that makes this makes physically tracing the wires more difficult than with most other homes.

Any pointers on how to go about tracing where the wires are physically routed for a given circuit?

Thanks.

Source: http://www.diychatroom.com/f18/knob-tube-rewire-tracing-circuit-wires-134701/

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