Just had a friend, who is a residential EC, stop by. He told me that in one jurisdiction where he does new home projects, the AFCI CB’s are so problem prone that once the AHJ has signed off the GC has the EC’s remove the AFCI CB’s and replace with GFCI CB’s. This is the only jurisdiction of about 12 counties and several cities in the general area that requires AFCI’s. All other jurisdictions have rejected that code requirement. Are they really that trouble prone? To clarify, all permits are obtained by the GC and the subs are not named on the permits.
Sam
