GrayHeadedMule
Member
Hello all, I don't post must but I do a lot of reading and I would like to say thank you to all of those that respond to questions.
I am a building official and I am always trying to keep up to date on the newest technology. That is the reason for this post.
I did a search on AFCI testers on this forum and from what I can determine there is not a TRUE AFCI tester! The search I did had an older post which started back in March of this year so I was wondering since it has been several months is there a true AFCI tester being manufactured now?
I did find some information from Ideal about a tester that indicates that their tester works to test the AFCI. However they do say to "trip the AFCI breaker manually before testing to verify the breaker works. Is this the only way to really verify that the AFCI is working properly OR does this tester actually test AFCI's
Here are some links to the information I have found.
http://www.idealindustries.com/medi...s/nd-6402-1_arc_fault_tester_instructions.pdf
http://www.idealindustries.com/media/pdfs/products/guides/testing_afci_protected_circuits_guide.pdf
http://www.idealindustries.com/prodDetail.do?prodId=61-059&div=1&l1=circuit_analyzers
Thanks in advance.
Wayne
I am a building official and I am always trying to keep up to date on the newest technology. That is the reason for this post.
I did a search on AFCI testers on this forum and from what I can determine there is not a TRUE AFCI tester! The search I did had an older post which started back in March of this year so I was wondering since it has been several months is there a true AFCI tester being manufactured now?
I did find some information from Ideal about a tester that indicates that their tester works to test the AFCI. However they do say to "trip the AFCI breaker manually before testing to verify the breaker works. Is this the only way to really verify that the AFCI is working properly OR does this tester actually test AFCI's
Here are some links to the information I have found.
http://www.idealindustries.com/medi...s/nd-6402-1_arc_fault_tester_instructions.pdf
http://www.idealindustries.com/media/pdfs/products/guides/testing_afci_protected_circuits_guide.pdf
http://www.idealindustries.com/prodDetail.do?prodId=61-059&div=1&l1=circuit_analyzers
Thanks in advance.
Wayne