So, now that several days have gone by since first reading this article and the bile finally has settled back down in my stomach, I feel I can again begin to speak about the subject of AFCIs.
I think a lot of us have always felt these devices were based primarily on BS and junk science, but now we can see that it is almost certainly so.
I’m really not one to embrace the litigation which seems so rampant in our society today, but in a case like this, you have to wonder if maybe a class action suit isn’t in order and if one could possibly be brought about by builders, homeowners and even electrical contractors that were cumulatively mandated to endure millions of dollars in additional costs to install and implement these supposedly improved devices, solely on obviously deceptive information and ineffective testing procedures outlined, provided and performed by the manufactures, UL and with possibly NFPA involvement, as the only credible evidence that they were effective and functioned as intended and more importantly, as claimed. Hitting these institutions and the specific individuals involved in the wallet may be the best and only way to keep future market manipulation, fraud, coercion, and associated abuses like this in check. It doesn’t really matter how badly the safety experts wanted these devices to work or even if they had the best of intentions, there simply should be repercussions for this type of misrepresentation.
