Timeline for Should smoke alarms be on AFCI circuit?
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| Nov 28, 2020 at 20:51 | comment | added | mreff555 | Ok, so how is an outlet defined? Are you implying that because of the pigtail, it qualifies as an outlet which needs an AFCI? | |
| Nov 28, 2020 at 19:43 | comment | added | Speedy Petey | @mreff555, it applies to circuit with outlets. All receptacles are outlets, but not all outlets are receptacles. | |
| Jul 14, 2020 at 22:59 | comment | added | mreff555 | I thought the code only pertained to 120V, 15/20A circuits with a receptacle on it. How does that apply to smoke detectors? | |
| Jan 10, 2020 at 3:42 | comment | added | Mark | @MichaelH, a ground fault is anything that causes the power coming in on the hot wire to be greater than the power going out on the neutral wire -- the assumption is that the missing power is going to ground somewhere. A line-to-ground arc fault is a particular type of ground fault, when the hot conductor comes into near contact with something grounded, generating a spark that rapidly heats things up, possibly causing a fire. (Solid contact between hot and ground would be a short circuit, which would trip the circuit breaker.) | |
| Dec 1, 2014 at 12:50 | comment | added | Michael H | I guess I still don't understand the difference between ground faults and line-to-ground arc faults. Thanks for steering me right, though. | |
| Dec 1, 2014 at 12:48 | vote | accept | Michael H | ||
| Dec 1, 2014 at 2:45 | history | answered | Speedy Petey | CC BY-SA 3.0 |