peter d
Senior Member
- Location
- New England
Not too long ago there was some controversy here about whether or not the most recent iteration of Eaton's BR AFCI included GFPE or not. One member insisted it was still included based on manufacturers literature, while others like myself said it's no longer part of the breaker.
Today I confirmed that GFPE is in fact absent from the current interation of BR AFCI breakers. I have been doing a rewire and have installed four new of these breakers (with plug on neutral and generation 5.3 software.) Being lazy and not wanting to go to the basement to turn off power, I touched ground to neutral while there was a load on the circuit. The breaker did not trip. Curious, I grabbed my newly introduced Klein RT310 tester and pushed the 30 mA test button. The breaker did not trip. These are both conclusive field tests. By comparison, I have tripped Square D Homeline AFCI breakers with the 30 mA function on the Klein tester.
[url]https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/electrical-testers/afci-gfci-outlet-tester
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Today I confirmed that GFPE is in fact absent from the current interation of BR AFCI breakers. I have been doing a rewire and have installed four new of these breakers (with plug on neutral and generation 5.3 software.) Being lazy and not wanting to go to the basement to turn off power, I touched ground to neutral while there was a load on the circuit. The breaker did not trip. Curious, I grabbed my newly introduced Klein RT310 tester and pushed the 30 mA test button. The breaker did not trip. These are both conclusive field tests. By comparison, I have tripped Square D Homeline AFCI breakers with the 30 mA function on the Klein tester.
[url]https://www.kleintools.com/catalog/electrical-testers/afci-gfci-outlet-tester
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