Sarge56
Member
- Location
- Auburn High School, Rockford, IL
- Occupation
- Instructor, electrician
I teach a high school shop class and am a part time electrician. This forum helped me in troubleshooting an AFCI problem. We wire a house for Habitat for Humanity each year. I got a call that the homeowner lost power to 2 bedrooms shortly after she moved in. Both are on the same circuit. I knew it was an AFCI issue because it kicked out when we were testing everything. The ceiling fan appeared to be the problem. But then it “went away”, meaning “see ya later”! I thought it might be caused by the really cheap fans. I researched this site and near the end of a thread I read something about the AFCI requiring a load to kick out and that the fault could be elsewhere. So I did not even check the fans. I went straight to the receptacles. 2nd one in I found a grounding wire resting against the grounded terminal. I checked all the others and no other problem. I reset the breaker and the problem was fixed. Thanks for that post. It saved a LOT of time and effort!