Not that simple...

The fault might very well be in a switch leg, I can't disprove that, but before the trailer was bonded and before the AFCI installed, the lights worked fine (went off and on like normal) but there was voltage on the trailer (114V), with or without the lights being on.

The AFCI tripping is normal for a ground to neutral short, I guess I meant to say, that once it didn't trip initially, then I fully expected to trip under load, which it did.

We tried two lights and the same thing happened in both places, now the chances of two switch legs being faulted on the same circuit would be kinda slim, but possible.

I'll try to add another load and I fully expect it to trip then, which would indicate a neutral to ground fault.

Sorry if I haven't been descriptive enough.

I guess the puzzle is:

How can I have 14 Ohms, 114V and have 0 amps?

How can I have both a neutral to ground fault and a hot to ground fault (presumeably on the same cable) without tripping the OCPD or atleast drawing some measurable current?

Is "Argile's Law" coming into play here?

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-Virgil
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