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On 12/22/15 5:26 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 22 Dec 2015 16:39:41 -0500, "Percival P. Cassidy"
wrote:

A family member's house was completely rewired in 2011 and has arc-fault
breakers for the bedrooms. One of those breakers will not hold in at
all, even with nothing plugged into any of the outlets.

Is substituting a replacement breaker the most appropriate first step,
or is there something else to try first?

Perce

Swapping with a working one may be the easiest first step.

Then I would use a meter to verify there is no continuity between the
white and black wires, disconnected from the breaker to ground.

Before testing with meter, be sure to disconnect any loads plugged
into the circuit at outlets, and any light switches to off position.