[chicken steve]

Why not simply an afci main breaker then?......~CS~

 

[chicken steve]

So, one branch circuit with a fault and you shutdown the whole house.:no::no:

Europe's had a similar setup for decades , with little complaint Chris

~CS~

 

[chicken steve]

Europe's isn't afci- is it? I thought it was gfci or as they call it RCD

Europe has an advanced system in comparison to the American one Denny, mainly due to their having to rebuild and rethink it after WW2

I started a thread on it quite a while back, our foreign devil brethren were kind enough to chime in

It is, imho, worthy of consideration given our (since the 02?) international nec status

~CS~

 

[chicken steve]

RCD, it has a higher trip level and is not trouble free as Steve is trying to make it sound.

Marc could talk about this.

they have RCD's in descending order main, sub main, breaker. Think split buss on steriods

iirc, the 30ma is on par with our afci's 30ma , which is about all an afci does anyways

~CS~

 

[chicken steve]

Again,
my point of total house afci protection stands, if CMP-2 thinks they're that great you'd think they'd be ALL OVER IT

they just want to sell us 30 of them instead of 1

when some of you EC's are confronted with 30 in a 40 for a fat decade , you'll eventually come to the same conclusion, if not be confronted by your customers realizing what they're paying for

~CS~

 

[chicken steve]

why not calmly face the facts 480....:whistling2:~CS~

 

[chicken steve]

Yes our afci have a different ma trip then an afci but an afci is more than that. IMO, an AFCI in a main would be a nightmare

There's no evidence an afci is anything more than GFPE level service Denny

so why would an enhanced main be a problem?

we have had industrial Eframe mains with similar protectants for how long?

~CS~

 

[chicken steve]

The facts that there would be no electrical snake oil salesmen if there was no electrical?

fiffy....:thumbsup:

 

[chicken steve]

I didn't say NEC, I said NESC..

i stand corrected then

Make em put it in at Niagara Falls.

where the only statue of Tesla is known to exist......

he'd be rollin' in his grave knowing we've been 'edisoned' yet again....~CS~