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Ways around using AFCI breakers and rewiring my house during panel upgrade
- Thread starter La elec mech
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ramsy
NoFixNoPay Electric
- Location
- LA basin, CA
- Occupation
- Service Electrician 2020 NEC
Good point, it wont work for commercial electricians, who fumble with residential wiring.a receptacle AFCI solution isn't going to work (with) two power legs and a common neutral at every receptacle on the circuit
Deltaforce
Senior Member
- Location
- India
- Occupation
- Electrical Engineer
Mean individual protection at each receptacle no required if a 2-pole dual function (AFCI/GFCI) breaker used in panelWhat does that mean??
curt swartz
Senior Member
- Location
- San Jose, CA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
None of the manufactures offer 2-pole DF circuit breakers.Mean individual protection at each receptacle no required if a 2-pole dual function (AFCI/GFCI) breaker used in panel
How is a "residential" electrician going to make a multiwire circuit work with an AFCI receptacle with only 3 wires from receptacle to receptacle? Sure, you could unsplit it so it is only a single circuit now instead of multiwire but half if your circuit goes away. You could also put an AFCI at every receptacle opening and use only the LINE side of it and alternate red/black at each receptacle. But that doesn't protect the wiring in the walls and seem like an expensive and ineffective solution.Good point, it wont work for commercial electricians, who fumble with residential wiring.
In my area, most multiwire branch circuits split at the first receptacle opening and separate into two separate 2 wire circuits. This could be accommodated if you turn the first opening into a quadplex with two AFCI receptacles.
ramsy
NoFixNoPay Electric
- Location
- LA basin, CA
- Occupation
- Service Electrician 2020 NEC
Existing homes are wired same way in my area, and first opening receptacles with MWBC are typically found in 1G boxes, sometimes ceiling boxes.In my area, most multiwire branch circuits split at the first receptacle opening and separate into two separate 2 wire circuits. This could be accommodated if you turn the first opening into a quadplex with two AFCI receptacles.