kevkar said:Can smoke detectors be fed from the panel with an arc fault breaker? Where do you locate this in the code?
racerdave3 said:So then how do you wire your smokes in a new house? Do you just have a separate circuit for them and supply it from an AFCI breaker to satisfy the requirement?
Actually that is not in nec but is in the building codes.kevkar said:Thank you for the help. Can you direct me to the place in the book that talks about smoke detectors?
As far as nec you did it to code.A few local ahj might not permit it.Think what happens if it trips and nobody is home for a few days.Batteries go dead and now no alert.You could still fix this easy by just putting this circuit on a bedroom afci .Splice them in the panel.And get your $40 breaker back.kevkar said:But yes I put the smokes on a circuit by themself and fed it from an afci breaker
racerdave3 said:Jim, Are you saying that you put all of the dectectors in the entire house on the bedroom circuit?