A building requirement aimed at making new homes in Ohio safer from the threat of electrical fires will go into effect a year after originally intended. The new rules, part of the 2008 National ...

Arc-Fault Circuit-Interrupters are relatively new electrical safety devices that first appeared in the 1999 National Electric Code. AFCI devices look very similar to GFCI devices, in that they have a ...

We’ve all been annoyed by a tripped circuit breaker. Whether you’re getting ready for a night out or cooking dinner on a ...

American Circuit Breaker Manufacturers Association says new research shows advantages of AFCI circuit breakers over AFCI receptacles. The American Circuit Breaker Manufacturers Association (ACBMA), a ...

Arc-fault circuit breakers are a boon for household electrical safety. The garden-variety home electrical fire is usually started by the heat coming from a faulty wire arcing over. But as any radio ...

Arc fault circuit interrupters or AFCIs serve an important purpose: they prevent electrical fires caused by wiring problems. An AFCI detects electric arcs, breaking the circuit before trouble arises.

Eaton Aerospace is to shrink its arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) for use in fighters and adapt the technology to DC and three-phase AC electrical systems. Single-phase AC arc-fault circuit ...

Those of us old enough to remember fuse boxes don't look back fondly on them. A light went out and you ran to the box, removed the burned-out fuse and replaced it with a new one from your ever-ready ...