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This guy doesn't think so. I wonder why? Maybe because Eaton doesn't make the receptacles!:whistling2:
They should start...:laughing:
This guy doesn't think so. I wonder why? Maybe because Eaton doesn't make the receptacles!:whistling2:
Cooper Wiring Devices does but I don't think they market it yet because of the lack of protection upstream of the device. Or maybe they're fighting it because they don't want Leviton taking away their breaker business.This guy doesn't think so. I wonder why? Maybe because Eaton doesn't make the receptacles!:whistling2:
My supply house stocks Leviton AFCI receptacles here near Charlotte....Shockdoc said:On a serious note, I roughed in a small sunroom addition from a local circuit. Now I'm having a hardtime finding this infertile device in any local supplyhouse. No one stocks them yet around here.
So is the receptacle arc fault method miss out in protecting the home run and maybe breaker panel?If the AFCI really works and if ~40% of the faults that they are expected to catch are in the fixed building wiring (from the original proposals to require AFCIs), then the receptacle AFCI removes protection from a section of the fixed building wiring, so he would be correct.
In theory the receptacle AFCI can provide series arc fault protection between the source and the device. It cannot provide parallel arc fault protection between the source and the device.So is the receptacle arc fault method miss out in protecting the home run and maybe breaker panel?
so where do you locate the device in relationship to the daisy chain? ( first receptacle in line, last one in line, anywhere in the circuit?)In theory the receptacle AFCI can provide series arc fault protection between the source and the device. It cannot provide parallel arc fault protection between the source and the device.
Actually, the code says the first outlet on the circuit.so where do you locate the device in relationship to the daisy chain? ( first receptacle in line, last one in line, anywhere in the circuit?)
and that 'theory' is a billion $$$ industry Don
~CS~
plus all the fun locating the first outlet/ switch on an upgrade.Actually, the code says the first outlet on the circuit.
Which could be a lighting outlet.
downstream devices need labeling on covers also?Actually, the code says the first outlet on the circuit.
Which could be a lighting outlet.
I don't like profiting on false security Lepget in on the action ,Jackson
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