shortcircles
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O.K. gentlemen this is my first time posting, asking or doing anything on a forum. I have run into two situations with arc faults that i feel can only be the problem of the breaker or the technology. On one occasion a customer purchased a lovely $3000.00 crystal fixture, said fixture had a base with three 102 to 12 volt transformers attached and three braided cables to the light sockets, as soon as the switch was turned on the arc fault would trip along with all the other arc fault breakers in the panel and sub-panel, same thing with the fancy schmancy dining room light, if I removed fixtures from ceiling and eliminated the ground path both circuits ran fine, this house was wired exclusively using Lutron Maestro dimmers. The second situation involved a home with all of the lighting being controlled by Lutron "radio ra" devices, this home would run for days with no problems then when the customer came home once again all the arc faults would be tripped, and i mean all, both homes were wired using homeline equipment, both of these homes are special projects, and are used as models for lighting and lighting control. U.L. labels were present on the fixtures and I contacted both Lutron and SQ. D and no one had answers. Both places have proven to be an embarrasment on more than one occasion. Any help would be great.
