AFCI tripping

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arnettda

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Have scowered the past posts but have not found a good answer. I have three AFCI to lighting circuit that trip the instant I turn the light switch on. Incadesent bulbs, have one outlet on circuit that works fine. But the instant I turn on switch the AFCI trips. Tomorrow I am going to try and unscrew bulb and see what happens. Any Ideas? CH breakers. Thanks
 

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Have scowered the past posts but have not found a good answer. I have three AFCI to lighting circuit that trip the instant I turn the light switch on. Incadesent bulbs, have one outlet on circuit that works fine. But the instant I turn on switch the AFCI trips. Tomorrow I am going to try and unscrew bulb and see what happens. Any Ideas? CH breakers. Thanks

I have seen certain bulbs cause problems and if these are Halo cans they have been notorious for problems with the sockets in certain situations. Obviously there is a problem in the lights or the wiring to the lights.
 
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