A one-line strips a system down to the path the power takes: where it comes from, what protects it, and what it feeds.
Before you work on anything you need to know which device protects it. A one-line is where that answer lives, and it is far faster to read than tracing conduit.
Three things in a row, every time. A source symbol, a protective device, and the load. Follow the line from the source through the protection to the load you care about, and the device you passed through on the way is the one that serves it.
Check yourself: You are about to work on a named load. What do you find on the one-line first?
Answer: Which protective device serves that load.
The protective device is what you will be isolating and locking. Identifying it before you plan the work is how you avoid isolating the wrong thing and finding out the hard way.
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