AFCI is a device intended to prevent fires caused by arcing faults AFCI detects arcing (and sparking) in the electrical circuit and trips opening the circuit. AFCI is not designed as a shock preventer and will not detect the same faults as GFCI It protects the house against electrical fires by detecting the arcing faults but can NOT detect some hot to neutral problems Arc protection is widely used for wall sockets located in bedrooms GFCI protects people from electric shocks And GFCI is NOT designed to detect arcing Ground faults occur when current leaks from a circuit, for example via the human body, to the ground. Namely, if one touches both a hot wire and a grounded conductor like a water pipe. Or when an individual stands on a wet ground and gets in contact with a hot wire or an energized surface of the machine or device. The person could be injured, shocked, or electrocuted. GFCI protects wall sockets located in bathrooms, kitchens, crawl spaces, unfinished basements, wet locations, garages, outdoors, and at some other places such as near swimming pools. GFCIs are often installed in older houses and buildings to protect ungrounded circuits. We install, change and inspect both ground and arc protection devices in Toronto Toronto Electricians troubleshoot & repair: broken wall plugs GFCI outlet does not reset GFI receptacle keeps shutting down GFI plug or circuit breaker keeps tripping I can not reset circuit breaker that has a button on top GFI receptacle circuit breaker gives smoke, smells burning AFCI circuit breaker does not trip when the test button is pushed If the TEST button does not shut the power off, stop using it and contact us torontoelectricrepairs@gmail.com |
