Timeline for Square D Homeline AFCI breakers trip for all appliances
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| May 21, 2023 at 12:52 | history | edited | Ecnerwal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 5, 2023 at 21:01 | comment | added | peter | Also for context, it's a plug-on neutral panel (as you noted). In hindsight, this probably contributed to misunderstanding it as "I don't need to worry about neutrals for AFCI breakers here". But I guess that's only for the pigtail, not the branch circuit neutral. | |
| May 5, 2023 at 20:59 | comment | added | peter | Yes! Fridge (and all other appliances) work perfectly fine. I feel like an idiot, but also, I've never been so glad to feel like an idiot in my life. I was in the process of returning the fridge and buying another one, and was considering some deeper investigation on the in-wall wiring. | |
| May 5, 2023 at 20:58 | vote | accept | peter | ||
| May 5, 2023 at 20:56 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | When shooting in the dark I try to cover many bases, since I don't know which one might be right until I have more information. Does the fridge work now? | |
| May 5, 2023 at 20:55 | comment | added | peter | p.s. it wasn't a MWBC, these are two completely independent circuits each with their own breakers. I've installed a different CAFCI breaker for each of them now. | |
| May 5, 2023 at 20:54 | comment | added | peter | This was it! This was my first work with AFCI breakers and I didn't realize I had to connect the branch circuit neutral to the breaker too. After your answer I went and found the matching neutral and hooked it up to the breaker, and since then it no longer trips even with loads connected. Thank you! | |
| May 5, 2023 at 19:54 | comment | added | Chris O | Good catch on the neutral. | |
| May 5, 2023 at 18:59 | history | edited | Ecnerwal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 5, 2023 at 18:52 | history | answered | Ecnerwal | CC BY-SA 4.0 |