On 12/2/10 8:02 PM, John van Oppen wrote: > GFCI breakers are very common, the slightly less common version are arc fault > breakers which are starting to show up more as well. >
Arc fault breakers are a very new code requirement which I believe is primarily targeted at sleeping areas. My place has them (built about 4 years ago) on the bedroom outlet circuits. If I spin the socket switch on one of the table lamps too fast it'll trip. ~Seth