Gentlemen:
I have to say that perhaps within the infinite wisdom of our State Legislators (NJ), they may have did the electrical trade a 'favor'. The arc fault requirements within the NEC are not adopted here.
At a seminar I attended a few months ago, I started a very heated debate about '....why isn't the lamp cord AFCI protected..????
The debate started with a 'statistic' on the quantity of electrical fires, and how many AFCI will prevent; the 'statistic' seemed to use a 'new' math, as the percentages and numbers did not add up. Needless to say, the final answer was....'maybe in '07 or '08'
John
