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Your right, my bad, it does seem that the 2 pole AFCI breakers are not combination type.
Chris
Combination AFCI
- Thread starter Mike Garrett
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Your right, my bad, it does seem that the 2 pole AFCI breakers are not combination type.
Chris
As did I .
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- Massachusetts
Al H. had provided a lot of info about this recently in another thread or I would not have known either. :smile:
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- Logan, Utah
John Davoltra
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- Texas
Sure it is a bad design. I once fed a subpanel from a GFIB and it was a nuisance for the owners, but they were all about cost, so that is what they got(and they were indeed told of it's potential problem). It fed a lot of outdoor yard outlets and a boathouse.
As for troubleshooting an install like this- troubleshooting 101 might tell me to turn off all branch CB's , then clear the breaker from it's tripped status, then turn BCB's back on one at a time until the subpanel feeder breaker trips again...?
All assuming they ever make a combo breaker for this app.
Now should we discuss the collusion of manufacturers and code legislation that got this junk required in the NEC to start? What a nuisance this has become for us.
As for troubleshooting an install like this- troubleshooting 101 might tell me to turn off all branch CB's , then clear the breaker from it's tripped status, then turn BCB's back on one at a time until the subpanel feeder breaker trips again...?
All assuming they ever make a combo breaker for this app.
Now should we discuss the collusion of manufacturers and code legislation that got this junk required in the NEC to start? What a nuisance this has become for us.
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