Greetings,

AFCI's reduce the chances of you and your family burning alive in a fire.
That said they are probably still not worth the extra expense. I don't
think AFCI's should be required (even in new construction) but no one asked
me. You have to draw the line somewhere.

Hope this helps,
William

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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:25:34 -0700, "SQLit"
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"Robert11" wrote in message
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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