arc fault breaker with gfci outlet

[RonR]

I want to protect a residential garage with GFCI's as required. Can I use an AFCI as a feeder breaker to provide arc fault protection as well?? has anybody ever tried this?(I would assume so).

 

[jumper]

AFCI protection of a GFCI circuit/receptacle is fine and will work.

 

[texie]

AFCI protection of a GFCI circuit/receptacle is fine and will work.

Yes, assuming the AFCI works at all. I guess we'll being doing a lot more of this come the 2014 NEC. Some complain of the issues with AFCI, just wait 'til we start using even more of them in a typical house.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Yes, assuming the AFCI works at all. I guess we'll being doing a lot more of this come the 2014 NEC. Some complain of the issues with AFCI, just wait 'til we start using even more of them in a typical house.

NC decided to go to a 6 year plan. No 2014 for 6 years if they accept that version. This is the first I have seen the state not accept the new code.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

It will be interesting to see how the 2014 AFCI rule works out. It seems that a lot of the false trips that we have now involve motor loads and we will be adding a lot more AFCI protected motor loads in the 2014 code.

 

[texie]

It will be interesting to see how the 2014 AFCI rule works out. It seems that a lot of the false trips that we have now involve motor loads and we will be adding a lot more AFCI protected motor loads in the 2014 code.

How true. Adding a flakey device to a SABC that powers all kinds of small appliances.....gee, what could go wrong there?

 

[Little Bill]

I want to protect a residential garage with GFCI's as required. Can I use an AFCI as a feeder breaker to provide arc fault protection as well?? has anybody ever tried this?(I would assume so).

Unless you are tapping off a circuit that already has AFCI, why would you want to do this?
I can see problems down the road if things like shop vacs, saws, basically different power tools being used.