AFCI breakers

[hhsting]

I have new residential dewelling unit panel install where AFCI branch circuit breakers are 120V 15A or 20A have 2 wires but no third wire for EGC. So no equipment grounding conductor is brought.

I thought the code requires equipment grounding conductor with phase conductor for grounding and bonding purpose.

Is this a code exception or should EGC be brought with phase conductors?



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[hbiss]

AFCI (as well as GFCI) breakers require connection of the hot and neutral for the circuit. The EGC lands on the ground bus as usual.

Other than that I don't know what you are asking.

-Hal

 

[hhsting]

AFCI (as well as GFCI) breakers require connection of the hot and neutral for the circuit. The EGC lands on the ground bus as usual.

Other than that I don't know what you are asking.

-Hal

The question is for cobination type AFCI only branch circuit breakers 120V single phase, do I need to run 2 wires one hot and one neutral or 3 wires one hot, one neutral, and one equipment grounding conductor based on NEC 2017?

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[roger]

The question is for cobination type AFCI only branch circuit breakers 120V single phase, do I need to run 2 wires one hot and one neutral or 3 wires one hot, one neutral, and one equipment grounding conductor based on NEC 2017?

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That was answered in post #2

Roger

 

[ptonsparky]

AFCI (as well as GFCI) breakers require connection of the hot and neutral for the circuit. The EGC lands on the ground bus as usual.

Other than that I don't know what you are asking.

-Hal

FWIW, agree.

OP, The breaker itself does not require an EG connected to it. An EG is required to be run with the branch circuit conductors, if that is what you are asking.