I respectfully disagree with you on this one Greg and my reason is this: If the object is to protect the wiring in the building from arc fault it would make sense to me to protect as muchn of the circuit we can, which means keeping the device or breaker as close to the panel as possible. I think a lot of electricians are concerned about nuisance tripping and maybe they are worried about something that is probably not as big a problem as it was at one time. The benefit of arc fault protection fare outweigh any threat of nuisance tripping IMHO.
