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AFCI Trips

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augie47

augie47

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State Electrical Inspector (Retired)
Homeowner called electrician due to tripped breaker on the circuit to a blower on a gas fireplace. While troubleshooting, the electrician found the blower breaker tripped when the gas dryer was started (fireplace blower not running). He changed to a new breaker, same result. IN despiration, he changed the breaker to a different phase and it doesn not trip.
Any clue ??
 
Electromatic

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Master Electrician
I've heard (probably here) that some gas ignitors create some kind of a spike or harmonic disturbance that can trip AFCIs. I wonder if the fireplace and the dryer were on the same phase before.
 
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