Because they have deminished/questionable value and most new homes in canada
only have one arc fault circuit which protects the bedrooms due to high
levels of combustable contents (ie clothing).
FYI cutler hammer has been producingnothing but residential arc fault type
of breakers for 20 years and where did it get them? Nowhere.
I would suspect that the number of bedroom fires caused by arc faulting in
the entire world amounts to a handfull a year. This is marketing based on
paranoia, not need.
wrote in message
...
On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:25:34 -0700, "SQLit"
wrote:


"Robert11" wrote in message
...
Hello:

Anyone replacing circuit breakers in their "older" homes
with these new arc-fault types ?

Any problems with inadvertent tripping, etc. ?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

B.

arc faults are required in bedrooms only with new constuction. My home
was
made in 1999 and does not have them nor would I spend the money to put
them
in.



Can you explain why?

I mean, my house was built in 93, and I plane in the future to replace
most of my bkrs with afci's. So, since I haven't committed the money
yet, I am still evaluating information about the breakers.


later,


tom @ www.Love-Calculators.com