Well, it seems whenever any new technology is required, a lot of folks resist the change!
Grandma's ventilator has battery back-up and an alarm
The sump pump has a high limit alarm, and maybe legally required standby power. And, if it is really that important, then it will be hard-wired to a non-GFCI or AFCI circuit.
The freezer could have an alarm.
The furnace is already hard wired. (hard wired does not required AFCI.)
Appliances that trip the AFCI do so because the AFCI is doing its job. The industry will have to manufacture motors that do not arc. Brushes are out, induction motors are in.
Incompatibility with AFCI, I suspect will be much less than these screaming sticks in the mud.
AFCIs are required, not because of a nanny-government. They are required because we have a new technology that can save lives.
