ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area afci parallel series

thanks for the links and discussion,
http://www.ul.com/regulators/afci/index.html

this site linked me to much of what you've discussed here,
imho if a parallel arc can be detected to de-energize a faulting circuit when the normal breakers thermal and magnetic detection wont, then why not use it, if the cost is comparable