"Robert11" wrote in message
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Hello:

I guess this post really dates me, and ceretainly does
make me feel old.

Have just heard about the relatively new type of circuit breakers termed
"arc fault circuit breakers".
Have reads up a bit on them, but still have several questions, please:

I live in a 25 year old house in Mass., that has the conventional type of
circuit breakers installed.

a. Should I replace all, or just the ones going to e.g., the bedroom
outlets with this new type ?

When I priced the AFCI they were less than $40 for the panel I am installing
in my rentals. Sounds to me like cheap insurance. Especially if all you
need to do is pop out the breaker and pop in the new one.

I am going to install them in the bedroom and the living room.



Why ?

Safely doing the job never hurts. The little wiring book I have (Wiring
Simplified) states:

The U.S.Consumer Product Safety Comission estamates that anually that there
are more than 40,000 fires in residential occupancies, resulting in 250
lives lost and 1 billion in financial loss. It has been estimated that 40%
of these fires are caused by arcing faults...

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If your house is only 25 years old it should be a couple of breakers and 10
minutes with a screw driver to install them.



--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.