Sometimes it takes a while for the dots to connect ...
Some other posters have asked why, if AFCI's are so good, we don't mandate their use in kitchens and baths.
Others ask why there are still no AFCI devices available.
Now we have a guy arguing that GFCI protection be provided at the panel.
Please note that there are no breakers that provide BOTH AFCI and GFCI protection.
Now, gentlemen .... put on your foil beenies and wind up the black-helicopter sound effects .... could there actually be a concerted effort by breaker makers to legislate the GFCI device out of existance, and force ust into using their breakers - so EVERY breaker in the panel would have to be a full size $40 breaker?
