AFCI's Required When Replacing Receptacles?
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I totally agree with dealing with new versus old. I am always dealing with dwelling fires and floods.
Now, if you use an AFCI device (receptacle) instead of an AFCI breaker wouldn't you be required to protect the entire cable run from that device back to the panel in conduit or armored cable?
Yes!!
Great question, no not for replacements.
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Hey coach , I have a different scenario for AFCI Breakers ,
When installing a standby generator on residential with a transfer switch, which requires changing to a four wire system, separating the equipment grounds from the neutrals in the subpanel.
NEC 2017 21.12 (D) does this require replacement of existing breakers with AFCI breakers?
As more and more people have gone EV there are more and more electrical fires. What is happening is this. They are using 240 outlets made for stoves and cloth dryers. The long run time is causing these outlets to arc and burn. Code should be changed to fix this issue.
If you have EV and want to install charger, Please run a dedicated Circuit for your EV charger.
this will require you to get professional help.
so replacing with like-for-like is out of the window?
like-for-like is still in place: the AFCI section of 406.4(D), refers to the AFCI section of 210. Even in the 2023 revision.
Great question, no like for like is not still in the cards for receptacle replacement. If you read it very carefully it is stating that if you replace one of these receptacles and it's any of the areas that are listed in 210.12 then you are required to do the following....
And it gives the prescription for what you're allowed to do
@@ElectricalCodeCoach yeah, I finally got it: even though you're replacing existing equipment or doing service, you will have to pretend it's a 2023 new build! So once your state/AHJ adopts the 2023 code, if the room you are in, is required to have AFCI or GFCI according to the 2023 code, you have to upgrade.
Dang. My local city requires permits, and inspections, even for simple branch circuit extensions.
What would happen if you're replacing a receptacle in a building with 2x3 exterior walls and 2x2 interior walls that has a fuse panel rather than a breaker panel? The electrical boxes aren't deep enough for GFCI/AFCI receptacles. Do you replace the electrical boxes with deep ones that would then stick an inch out past the surface of the wall or would the customer need to pay for a panel upgrade just to replace a single receptacle?
Let me start by saying, I welcome these changes and welcome the idea of making things safer and more user friendly as we progress into the 21st century. But in the real world, there can be problems preventing us from meeting the current code regarding receptacle receptacle for the time being, and this specifically concerns the house my sister currently lives in. It's a nice home in a nice community, about 1250 ft² built in 1995, and the kitchen countertop receptacles are wired in 12/3 NM, with the hot tab broken on the receptacles, or alternate between L1 and L2 along the wall, protected by a 20 amp two pole GFCI breaker. Currently no manufacturer has a 20 amp dual function breaker in they're lineup, and there are no AFCI receptacles that can be used on multiwire circuits that I'm aware of, which would satisfy the AFCI and GFCI requirements for this situation. Therefore it would not be possible to replace a kitchen receptacle and meet the 2020 and 2023 NEC.
Would it not be possible to use two 120 VAC single pole AFCI/GFCI combo breakers? I know the neutral would have to be spliced so that it can tie to both breakers which might effect the function of the breaker. I haven’t tested this myself but think it would worth checking.
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Not welcome news. GFCI in kitchen and bathroom MANDATORY
when replacing receptacles is OBVIOUS a welcome safety upgrade.
If I received my permit in 2022 and wire my house in 2023, which code book am I subject to?
ask your local authority/inspectors. some states also lag behind.
Boom!