fmxecm551
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Good morning,
I recently installed two new Square D AFCI breakers (Model - HOM115CAFI) and I noticed that the hot terminals seem to have quite a bit of movement after the screw/wire is tightened down. I was just curious if this much play is normal for these breaker types. Both of the new ones I installed have the same amount of movement (14awg wire, 15 amp afci breaker). Basically I can grab the hot wire coming out of the breaker and move the entire hot terminal screw up and down a decent amount. I have added a video clip of the breaker and the movement I'm referring to here.
I recently installed two new Square D AFCI breakers (Model - HOM115CAFI) and I noticed that the hot terminals seem to have quite a bit of movement after the screw/wire is tightened down. I was just curious if this much play is normal for these breaker types. Both of the new ones I installed have the same amount of movement (14awg wire, 15 amp afci breaker). Basically I can grab the hot wire coming out of the breaker and move the entire hot terminal screw up and down a decent amount. I have added a video clip of the breaker and the movement I'm referring to here.