I have invented a new device.
I shall call this device a "Crimestopper"
I will successfully lobby to have a law passed requiring these in every new home.
Only later, will I disclose that the only crime they protect against is jaywalking.
That's the best analogy I can come up with.
(Mike Holt liked it...)
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If they detected series arcs, I'd be their biggest advocate (and I was until I learned they did not!).
If one does not understand the significance of the difference in series and parallel arcs as compared to the fact that loose wirenuts, terminals, and connections are the cause of the gross majority of electrically related house fires, then perhaps one should not be an advocate until further educated.
This is not intended as a flame, just spelling out my opinion.
Just change the name to "PAFCI" (parallel arc-fault circuit interrupter) and that will make me a little happier about the situation.
If cost and convenience is not a consideration, then what say we ban automobiles? That would save thousands of lives per year!
[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 01-27-2003).]
