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#52945 06/12/05 11:31 PM
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The only time I have trouble is with certain types of vacuums, A/V equipment, LCD and plasma screens, and flouresant lighting.... Still wont take them out, I get the manufacturer to recongize it as a known problem, or "equipment conflict", explain this, and the code to the customer and leave... What they do after I am gone is thier bussiness.

Personally, I think the AFCI is the product of sucessfull 'Lobbying' by thier manufacturers! They are still in thier infantacy as a technology, and may not be as reliable as promised down the road. Much the way GFI's were, until not long ago. A nussiance if they worked, and false security if they didn't.


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#52946 06/13/05 03:25 PM
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I just cussed one for 3 days. It would trip when a 12" fan, a CD player or a lamp was plugged in. After 3 days of fighting this thing I was getting ready to take it back. While putting a temporary light in the ceiling and found the neutral resting against the metal box ... oops. We call this operator error. The AFCI was fine once I cleared my mistake.

#52947 06/13/05 09:05 PM
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The only problems I've ever seen were due to a wiring problem. While I'm not sold on the necessity of them, they seem to work just fine when properly installed.

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