In recent posts someone installed AFCIs in a brand new residence, and had problems right off, and finally he said he had to remove them because of the nuisance(sp) tripping.
My question is this if in a 3 bedroom house, figure 5 receptacles each, lighting outlets etc and there is a problem which happens to intermittant how do you find the problem, short of replacing or rewire-nutting all the units, checking all switches for arching, and if switches can cause an AFCI to trip, I am not saying it can, but if its suppose to trip on arching, then it would make sense.
I know backwired receptacles are notorious for arching and then welding themselves back together again, or until the wire burns itself off completely.
Also does anyone know why Smokes are to be wired to the AFCIs ?
