I spoke with my Nebraska State Electrical Inspector the other day and got the news that Nebraska would not adopt the AFCI provisions straight from him.
He agreed that the state did the right thing. However, everyone is concerned that the state has opened themselves to liability.
If there was a server accident, C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files has a complete copy of the last access to the theads. Any of us will be able to provide the file. My copy goes through 6:31 EST.
Another thought. Some European combination GFI & overcurrent breakers are designed to have an indication -- either by the trip position of the handle or by some sort of auxiliary flag -- as to whether the C/B was tripped by overload or by a ground fault.
Do any of the AFCIs incorporate a similar indicator to show whether the trip was initiated by the arc-fault circuitry?
I'm thinking of an earlier comment about whether even a parallel arc to ground is likely to trip out on the 30mA ground-fault protection before the arc-detector has a chance to operate. An indicator would show just how often the arc-fault section was initiating the trip.
