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SomeNewGuy

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Hi all.
I need some help, and I'm sure this has been asked 100 times but here goes anyway.
I upgraded a service to 100 amps from 60 in an old residence. The circuit serving upstairs would not hold on an arc-fault breaker whenever anything was plugged into a bedroom power strip, but would hold if the loads were already plugged in when the circuit got energized.
Anyway, aside from the troubleshooting aspect; I can't decide if I am required to upgrade this circuit to arc-fault, as it is an existing circuit. Yes I did upgrade the panel, but not the house wiring. We are not required to upgrade existing conditions, and there is no residential inspection in this state.

Of course I want the conditions to be safe, but the customer has financial limitations.
 
You are not required to upgrade to arc faults if you did not extend the circuits. There have been some local inspectors around here who have tried to make that happen but the state inspector said not required.
 
In Virginia, we don't have to add AFCI on service changes unless it is a new circuit.

Mark
 
To require it would be a disservice as panels that need changed out would not get done.
Must be cool not needing inspections. Just where are you ? And curious as to how many others there would even care if legal. In other words do most wire to code if no inspections ?
 
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