"The poor connection of high resistance fault or glowing connection" is what we are trying to prevent. When that is a zip cord buried in carpet fibre or lint under the bed we have a fire. Isn't what an AFCI is for?
The currently available AFCIs do not respond these types of faults and I can find no information in the UL test standards that indicates that the new combination type will directly respond to these types of faults.
Don
[This message has been edited by resqcapt19 (edited 05-21-2006).]
