This may have been covered in one of the other posts but lots of guys seem to jumping on the arc fault wagon whether required by code or not. My question would be 'isnt the effectiveness of the arc fault or gfci breaker compromised when they are not tested regularly?' So how many homeowners do a monthly trip test on them, even after you have carefully gone over the procedure? So you can say they can save lives, but if you want to start throwing them in everywhere, is there any data on age of breaker/effectiveness of protection and if they were regularly tested? Code is code, and we are required to follow it, but if fault protection is only ensured with regular testing, maybe some new rules or new product needs to be considered.
