Microwave tripping an arc fault on a separate circuit

[Tetra]

Believe it or not, but my moving the breaker down a notch and moving the neutrals far away from each other seemed to do the trick.
Same breaker, I didn't replace it, but yet no trips in over a week... Which is the longest it's gone without tripping since they've gotten the microwave.
I really believe that did the trick... Don't know why, or how, but I'm just going to accept it and move on.
Maybe you guys who have similar issues with these AFCI can try this and see if it helps.

 

[hillbilly1]

If you think CH is immuned you are in for a surprise. I have used GE since the advent of the afci and before and until recently-- on one home I have been trouble free. I have replaced a few CH AFCI

To the OP call the manufacturer and see if they can give you an older generation AFCI. GE will send them overnight for free- no cost for the breaker either. CH also guarantees their AFCI for life.

When they first came out, my sources said that CH made them for all of the manufactures until they ramped up their production, I have yet to have the problems that everybody seems to have with them, maybe I'm doing something right that I don't know of!:lol: I have only had to replace one, which was an old style Siemens. The customer had an old canister vac that was tripping it, and did not want to get rid of it. Installed a new style combo, no more nuisance tripping.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

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But what if one of my recpts. on an other circuit has a arc and the afc on another circuit trips?
The way I look at it that is a plus it might have save my house from burning down because I called an Electrician
to trouble shoot it.

I have not been convinced that these trips from anomalies on other circuits are really harmful arcs or other faults that indicate a problem on the circuit. It appears to me that these trips are from an unwanted reaction to the normal operation of appliances.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

When they first came out, my sources said that CH made them for all of the manufactures until they ramped up their production, I have yet to have the problems that everybody seems to have with them, maybe I'm doing something right that I don't know of!:lol: I have only had to replace one, which was an old style Siemens. The customer had an old canister vac that was tripping it, and did not want to get rid of it. Installed a new style combo, no more nuisance tripping.

My post may not have come out correctly. I have been virtually trouble free with GE until recently where I had problems on one home with 4 circuits. The paddle fans were a problem and the TV's were the other issue. I changed out to a differently style afci on two circuits and used the ferrite filter for one situation- just to see if they worked- it did.

In all the cases I have come across it has only been the circuit problem once- a mis-wire by the helper- always blame the helper.