Standard Breaker vs AFCI vs GFCI
Standard Breaker vs AFCI vs GFCI
(OP)
I'm baffled on something pertaining to selection of breakers for a new residential panel. In the NEC2008, the location requirements for AFCI protection have grown substantially. My question is this: With all the places that an AFCI or GFCI are required, where can you still use the standard 5 or 10 dollar breaker?






RE: Standard Breaker vs AFCI vs GFCI
RE: Standard Breaker vs AFCI vs GFCI
This leaves the kitchen, bathroom, basement, attic, garage and outside circuits to use the standard type of breaker. In a typical dwelling unit I would guess that about 50 to 60% of the breakers would be AFCI breakers. As stated by jghrist most of the required GFCI protection in dwelling units is provided by GFCI receptacles as they are much cheaper than a GFCI breaker.