arc fault

[domnic]

Will a arc fault breaker work on a two wire outlet ?

 

[GoldDigger]

Will a arc fault breaker work on a two wire outlet ?

Yes.

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[mbrooke]

120 only yes, 120/240 MWBC no if it (the AFCI itself) has GFP. None GFP AFCI will need handle ties.

 

[al hildenbrand]

120 only yes, 120/240 MWBC no if it (the AFCI itself) has GFP.

What is the documentation for this? I don't understand why a circuit breaker based combination type AFCI that has ground fault sensing as part of its solution to the "Grand Concept of AFCI" can't function to protect either a single or multiwire ungrounded wiring method.

 

[peter d]

Will a arc fault breaker work on a two wire outlet ?

Yes, no, maybe? But I get what you're asking, it will work to satisfy the code for receptacle changes.

 

[growler]

Yes, no, maybe?

Works as well as a rabbit's foot or a four leaf clover. The most important thing is that you believe it will work.

 

[mbrooke]

What is the documentation for this? I don't understand why a circuit breaker based combination type AFCI that has ground fault sensing as part of its solution to the "Grand Concept of AFCI" can't function to protect either a single or multiwire ungrounded wiring method.

This:

http://apps.geindustrial.com/publib...lename=DET-719 CAFCI Shared Neutral Guide.pdf

I can't see why you can't do the same with a new BR AFCI (which I hear has no GFP)

 

[al hildenbrand]

This:

http://apps.geindustrial.com/publib...lename=DET-719 CAFCI Shared Neutral Guide.pdf

I can't see why you can't do the same with a new BR AFCI (which I hear has no GFP)

O.K.

You must be saying, "Don't put a single pole combination type AFCI with GFP on one leg of a multiwire branch circuit."

I had assumed you meant a two pole combination type AFCI breaker. IMO, a two pole AFCI would work just fine on an ungrounded wiring method multiwire branch circuit, with or without the GFP component.

 

[al hildenbrand]

Will a arc fault breaker work on a two wire outlet ?

Yes.

 

[mbrooke]

O.K.

You must be saying, "Don't put a single pole combination type AFCI with GFP on one leg of a multiwire branch circuit."

I had assumed you meant a two pole combination type AFCI breaker. IMO, a two pole AFCI would work just fine on an ungrounded wiring method multiwire branch circuit, with or without the GFP component.

But a two pole cost more $$$$$.

 

[electrofelon]

But a two pole cost more $$$$$.

Last time I checked, homeline 2 pole afci costs same as two single poles.

 

[al hildenbrand]

But a two pole cost more $$$$$.

The POINT is a two pole combination type AFCI, not made by GE, WORKS on a ungrounded wiring method.

 

[kwired]

Works as well as a rabbit's foot or a four leaf clover. The most important thing is that you believe it will work.