Hard piped EMT house 210.12 AFCI

[CustomElectricLLC]

If you have multiwire branch circuit going all the way around it wont work

Yeah its all hard pipe, conductors going everywhere, SL passing through etc. And yes both A and B legs travel to almost last devices on circuit

 

[hbiss]

Yeah its all hard pipe

I can't see anybody complaining about wiring run in conduit. It's a gift.

-Hal

 

[CustomElectricLLC]

I can't see anybody complaining about wiring run in conduit. It's a gift.

-Hal

It is, unless there a junction box between the two outlets your working on (my case) and you dont know where the h*ll its at (most likely buried, or in the attic which had about 10" of height and I couldn't crawl through). But yes other than my lucky case it is a gift.

 

[ramsy]

I don’t see how that would work. See my post above.

Most panel flippers hate AFCI's, because their head is stuck in the fuse box with the breakers.

They can't visualize MWBC wiring at first outlet openings, with load-side cables separated from 3-wire line on standard breakers.

Making that paradigm shift to AFCI outlets per 110.12(A)5 can avoid lots of breaker costs & aggravation with MWBC's.

Unless you're dealing with a spider junction in the attic, since AFCI outlet can't go the attic where it's not accessible, you may be stuck with breakers.

 

[CustomElectricLLC]

Most panel flippers hate AFCI's, because their head is stuck in the fuse box with the breakers.

They can't visualize MWBC wiring at first outlet openings, with load-side cables separated from 3-wire line on standard breakers.

Making that paradigm shift to AFCI outlets per 110.12(A)5 can avoid lots of breaker costs & aggravation with MWBC's.

You got a great point there sir, 100% agree

 

[hbiss]

It is, unless there a junction box between the two outlets your working on (my case) and you dont know where the h*ll its at (most likely buried, or in the attic which had about 10" of height and I couldn't crawl through). But yes other than my lucky case it is a gift.

Junction boxes are supposed to be accessible with conduit same as any other wiring method. The fact that it was done with conduit would make me believe that it was done by somebody with some experience and would know that. Not like some handyman or DIY throwing around some Romex.

-Hal