- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
Cutler Hammer is, Afaik, the only manufacturer who has come out with a combination unit (breaker & afci receptacle) that is listed to satisfy 210.12(A)((3). Not sure what the advantage would be but it is here. Remember this production is sold as a pair (CB and it's partnered afci) not any breaker will work.
(3) A listed supplemental arc protection circuit breaker
with a listed outlet branch-circuit type arc-fault
circuit interrupter installed at the first outlet box on the
branch circuit where all of the following conditions are
met:
a. The branch-circuit wiring shall be continuous from
the branch-circuit overcurrent device to the outlet
branch-circuit arc-fault circuit interrupter.
b. The maximum length of the branch-circuit wiring
from the branch-circuit overcurrent device to the first
outlet shall not exceed 15.2 m (50 ft) for a 14 AWG
conductor or 21.3 m (70 ft) for a 12 AWG conductor.
c. The first outlet box in the branch circuit shall be
marked to indicate that it is the first outlet of the
circuit.