Arc Fault Circuit Breaker Tripping

Afci circuit breaker troubleshooting.

Arc fault circuit breaker tripping.

With afci circuit breakers this improper wiring will cause the breaker to trip. Because afci s are designed to detect an arc fault they can be very sensitive and easily tripped for a few common reasons including. Arc fault circuit interrupters are prone to nuisance tripping which is probably what you re experiencing. It can be identified by the special colored test button near its handle.

You may even recognize these arc fault circuit interrupter breakers with their visible test button in your circuit breaker panel. If this same device trips a different afci circuit breaker it s the result of incompatibility between the electronic device and the afci breaker or possibly a major problem with the device. Afci breakers tripping for no obvious reason is known as nuisance tripping. Another wiring problem is more of an incompatibility issue than a wiring issue and it has to do with multi wire.

If using this same device on a different afci breaker does not produce the same nuisance tripping try having an electrician replace the afci breaker that was experiencing the nuisance tripping.