I seem to recall reading an article in one of the trade magazines that
mentioned earlier versions of the AFCI circuit breakers were subjected to
nuisance trips. If this is the case, you might want to replace yours with a
brand new one. There is the possibility that it is not nuisance tripping
and that there is something genuinely wrong with your wiring. If you
install a new one and have the same problem, call an electrician.



"Zean Smith" wrote in message
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My house which is 1.5 years old has been having problem with the Siemens
AFCI Fuse. According to the builder, this fuse is installed on 2nd floor
for bedrooms for some reasons. The AFCI part of the fuse always get
tripped
after power interruption by local hydro company. I had to manually went to
basement to reset it.

This AFCI is so stupid and annoying. It has been raining these days these
days and it almost got tripped once a week! Never had any problem usually
in
sunny days because there is no power interruption.

1. Is it possible to replace it with the regular Fuse? I am really sick of
this. Will that violate the electrical code??
2. This is so annoying that I even tried to unplug computers, light
fixture
but didn't help, still got same problem. Any other suggestions?
3. Should get another AFCI Fuse? maybe the one I have is defected??

Help....