This article was posted 07/16/2013 and is most likely outdated.

Mike Holt - Help Us Help You with AFCI issues
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Help us Help You with AFCI Issues

Help us Help You with AFCI Issues

gfci breakerA lot of contractors and electricians have recently had complaints and issues with current AFCI breakers in equipment such as fans, dimmers, treadmills, etc.

If there is a definitive list of known problems, we’d like to make it available to you.

Please give us feedback from your experience, by posting your comment at the end of this newsletter on any problems that you have encountered. Be as specific as you can regarding:

  • what appliances
  • under what conditions
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  • Several years ago rewired 2 or 3 outlets and ceiling fan/light with new 20A circuit in a bedrm in an old house for customer. Old wires abandoned and not touching new RX, they called back weeks later saying AFCI occasionally trips while using window unit AC. I replaced AFCI, also checked my wiring for anything too tight or ground and nuetral touching in boxes-all good. They just called last week saying after 2 wks of using the AC it tripped the AFCI, I told them I think its the AC but told them to switch circuits using extension cord and other bedroom AC as I had also rewired several outlets in the next bedrm also. Still waiting to hear from them but seems to me it would be the window AC but it doesn't do it all of the time though.

    Mike  July 17 2013, 10:05 am EDT

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