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Michael Moroney
How do the new arc fault circuit breakers work? What characteristic of a
fault do they detect, and do they do that with clever electronics or some
analog means? I see that you have to connect the circuit's neutral to
them and connect a neutral pigtail to the neutral bus, like a GFCI
breaker. Do arc fault breakers also work as GFCI breakers (either de
facto or legally)? By legally I mean does the code allow an arc fault
breaker in a location where it requires a GFCI breaker.
fault do they detect, and do they do that with clever electronics or some
analog means? I see that you have to connect the circuit's neutral to
them and connect a neutral pigtail to the neutral bus, like a GFCI
breaker. Do arc fault breakers also work as GFCI breakers (either de
facto or legally)? By legally I mean does the code allow an arc fault
breaker in a location where it requires a GFCI breaker.
