Revision as of 09:13, 6 May 2024

Chart of codes by year and AF/GF requirements:

AFCI

https://currentelectricsystems.com/arc-fault-circuit-interrupter-afci-protection/#:~:text=According%20to%20current%20code%2C%20there,Exterior%20Receptacles%20and%20Lighting
50% of fires can be prevented by AFCI breakers - [1] - or about 2000 fires per year.
- In 1990-2000 - about 1 person died per day of residential fires in the USA. Property damage of $5M per death, and $640M in property, and more in injury - total of a couple billion.
There appears to be significant controversy regarding AFCI breakers [2]. And here - [3] - see Jfletcher.

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 *50% of fires can be prevented by AFCI breakers - [https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/ecafci.pdf] - or about 2000 fires per year.
 **In 1990-2000 - about 1 person died per day of residential fires in the USA. Property damage of $5M per death, and $640M in property, and more in injury - total of a couple billion.
-*There appears to be significant controversy regarding AFCI breakers [https://www.electriciantalk.com/threads/reminder-that-afcis-are-a-scam.294415/]
+*There appears to be significant controversy regarding AFCI breakers [https://www.electriciantalk.com/threads/reminder-that-afcis-are-a-scam.294415/]. And here - [https://forums.mikeholt.com/threads/is-overkill-a-bad-thing-arc-fault-and-ground-fault-where-not-required.124313/] - see Jfletcher.
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 *NEC adoption by year by state - [https://na.bhs1.com/blog/post/state-by-state-guide-to-nec-adoption#:~:text=As%20of%20this%20writing%2C%20in,Nevada.]
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