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re: AFCI Breaker Issue *SOLVED*
Posted on 2/24/21 at 6:28 am to RoyalWe
Posted on 2/24/21 at 6:28 am to RoyalWe
I have the same freaking problem. It's connected to my smoke alarm so whenever it trips, the smoke alarm goes off. It just recently went off and I went to turn it back on like I've done on many other occasions and it wouldn't stay on. Therefore, I assume it's bad. I put a call in with the electrician who installed the panel a few years back but I haven't heard back from him.
Is this something that I can replace like a regular breaker? That extra ground wire has me a little spooked.
Is this something that I can replace like a regular breaker? That extra ground wire has me a little spooked.
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Posted on 2/24/21 at 7:28 am to MMauler
You can, it is all about your comfort level though.
What was recommended to me as a novice.
Kill all the breakers in the panel
Kill the main breaker coming in
Replace the breaker
Power on the main breaker
Power on the individual circuits
Apparently there is no real issue hot swapping them or with throwing the main with all the breakers on, but there are risk factors that aren't necessary for a novice.
Took me just a few minutes. Replaced with a regular breaker since I thought the AFCI was bad. Turns out the AFCI was actually correct and I ended up popping the traditional breaker later with a bit of a light show.
Finally fixed my problem this past week.
my dealings with tracing the AFCI
Turns out that piece of romex on the bottom right is run under the house from the outlet on the left to the outlet on the right. So likely when the foundation work was done the wire was sandwiched or shot.
What was recommended to me as a novice.
Kill all the breakers in the panel
Kill the main breaker coming in
Replace the breaker
Power on the main breaker
Power on the individual circuits
Apparently there is no real issue hot swapping them or with throwing the main with all the breakers on, but there are risk factors that aren't necessary for a novice.
Took me just a few minutes. Replaced with a regular breaker since I thought the AFCI was bad. Turns out the AFCI was actually correct and I ended up popping the traditional breaker later with a bit of a light show.
Finally fixed my problem this past week.
my dealings with tracing the AFCI
Turns out that piece of romex on the bottom right is run under the house from the outlet on the left to the outlet on the right. So likely when the foundation work was done the wire was sandwiched or shot.
This post was edited on 2/24/21 at 7:36 am
Posted on 2/24/21 at 8:33 am to MMauler
quote:you can take it out and put in a regular breaker.
this something that I can replace like a regular breaker? That extra ground wire has me a little spooked.
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