J.P.
Senior Member
- Location
- United States
I have read a few arc fault breaker post on here and was curious.
Today I rigged up a br 120 arc fault breaker to a regular recep, I plugged in a shop vac, a house vac, a table lamp and even hooked it to a ceiling fan motor.
Everything tripped immediately as soon a the device was turned on.
I was amazed and astounded at the level of protection supplied by the arc fault breaker. There is no way anything even could start a fire with one of those installed.....Well unless the candle you were using for lighting tipped over.
So what am I missing? Because as of I don't see myself ever installing one. Code or not.
Today I rigged up a br 120 arc fault breaker to a regular recep, I plugged in a shop vac, a house vac, a table lamp and even hooked it to a ceiling fan motor.
Everything tripped immediately as soon a the device was turned on.
I was amazed and astounded at the level of protection supplied by the arc fault breaker. There is no way anything even could start a fire with one of those installed.....Well unless the candle you were using for lighting tipped over.
So what am I missing? Because as of I don't see myself ever installing one. Code or not.