I'm a foreman for a large EC in NYC and it's impossible to know it all unless you have a photographic memory. Lol. I just feed off this forum. I have discussions with the journeymen all the time. It's brain food! Keep up the input guys. I'm always hungry!!!!
20+yrs & still learning!
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OK, so let's start this thread. After my 20+ yrs in the trade I now feel that although updates to codes for not only the safety aspect but to keep up with technology are exponential to advancement. I have also started to believe that there's a monetary influence hidden in the background as well. To what percentage I'm not sure but with every update it seems to show this more and more. So one question I have is the code becoming compliant to profit? One example is AFCI. In my opinion GFCI has done a great job of saving lives for decades. I can't wait to see if AFCI will do the same. What's your thought?
Good man!
I agree that a good memory is a great asset. That plus new things., New techniques, new circuits, new electronic devices. A moving target you might say.
romex jockey
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COMBINATION AFCIs: WHAT THEY WILL AND WILL NOT DO / combination-afcis-what-they-will-and-will-not-do.pdf / PDF4PRO
Manufacturer X provides a simple definition of a series arcing event [7]: “A series arc is an arcing incident across a break in a conductor. A common example is a cut across one of the two wires in a lamp cord, with a dangerous arc forming in
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~RJ~
So, wouldn't a GFCI breaker also trip in this circumstance? Even standard breakers trip when the 2 conductors in a cord short out.this>>>
COMBINATION AFCIs: WHAT THEY WILL AND WILL NOT DO / combination-afcis-what-they-will-and-will-not-do.pdf / PDF4PRO
Manufacturer X provides a simple definition of a series arcing event [7]: “A series arc is an arcing incident across a break in a conductor. A common example is a cut across one of the two wires in a lamp cord, with a dangerous arc forming inpdf4pro.com
~RJ~
I reread that. So the concern is if only 1 wire in the cord is exposed it can create an arc to surrounding material and possibly start a fire without any other type of breaker, but AFCI, being able to detect and trip.
Sorry, I obviously need to do research on this. Seeing I do only commercial work I never got involved with AFCI. Very interesting read but I still smell $$$.
LarryFine
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We learn as much from answering questions as we do from asking them.
Thanks for the brain food!We learn as much from answering questions as we do from asking them.
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