Sierrasparky
Senior Member
- Location
- USA
- Occupation
- Electrician ,contractor
This summer was filled with an unusual amount of jobs that required installations of AFCI Breakers on existing branch circuits.
I have had sever instances where the AFCI would trip as most would consider a Nusiance trip. Upon deep investigation of each and every instance I found faulty wiring. Either a nail, Ground touching nuetral , and on instance a obvious loose connection at a fixture.
All in all they detected things that would not have been found until a bigger problem occured.
I still am not thouroughly convinced though. I see the GFI portion doing the majority of the work. I would bet that the AFCI without GFI protection would miss most of what I found.
Any one else see this.
I have had sever instances where the AFCI would trip as most would consider a Nusiance trip. Upon deep investigation of each and every instance I found faulty wiring. Either a nail, Ground touching nuetral , and on instance a obvious loose connection at a fixture.
All in all they detected things that would not have been found until a bigger problem occured.
I still am not thouroughly convinced though. I see the GFI portion doing the majority of the work. I would bet that the AFCI without GFI protection would miss most of what I found.
Any one else see this.