Combination AFCIs: What they will and will not do

Conference Record of the 2012 IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop, ESW 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 131-139

  Engel, Joseph C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

arc fault circuit interrupter; Branch feeder AFCI Combination AFCI; CPSC; electrical safety; ground fault protection; home; NEC; NEMA; parallel arc; series arc; UL

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC WIRING;

ARC FAULTS; BRANCH/FEEDER AFCI COMBINATION AFCI; CPSC; ELECTRICAL SAFETY; GROUND-FAULT PROTECTION; HOME; NEMA; PARALLEL ARC; SERIES ARC;

ELECTRIC GROUNDING;

EID: 84859024341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ESW.2012.6165548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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