Arc fault detection

[Engineer54]

i have installed a few of these
these type are used in split phase radials
i dont have a lot of info on them aside from the link but i do know they are extremely sensitive
https://www.google.com/search?q=afc...ndymanwire.com%2Farticles%2FAFCI.html;479;470

Spoken to quite a few American Engineers about those Arc Fault Detection breakers, and to be honest they didn't think too much on them. I got the impression that they were more trouble than they were worth. Expensive too, i'm led to believe?

 

[gnuuser]

Spoken to quite a few American Engineers about those Arc Fault Detection breakers, and to be honest they didn't think too much on them. I got the impression that they were more trouble than they were worth. Expensive too, i'm led to believe?

yes we dont really care for them too much either
last one i installed was for a 15 amp residential circuit and it cost about $55 (on sale).
customer wasn't too pleased about that but we had to follow what the inspector said