🔌 Enhanced Integrated Protection by Cutler Hammer Review

These switches are physically around 50% longer than standard CR switches, although there is still room to fit in a panel if the last one made it . Nice job wiring the box. They operate as you would expect from AFCI/GFCI circuit breakers, but what I really like about them is that they have an LED that flashes fault cause codes to let you know if it's an arc or ground fault . . The setup is the same as everyone else. GFCI or AFCI breaker type, there is a load side and a power side. If you've…

I ordered three of these switches. My concern is that two out of three switches fail the AFCI test. The GFCI feature works on all three. Only the AFCI function does not work. One of them never worked. One of them worked first. I triple checked the connections by turning off the main switch. It didn't last long, just like the first time. It seems to fail when the breaker gets a little warm. These switches draw 1.3 watts and exhibit a temperature rise of about six degrees. It's okay if they run a

Let me start by saying I am NOT a professional electrician but for most of my life I have been interested in and worked with electrical systems in Europe and the USA. My house was built in 2014. and has been fitted with AFCI circuit breakers for a range of NEC regulated residential areas such as bedrooms, living rooms etc. Circuits for bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms, etc. protected by GFCI outlets have simple circuit breakers. To my knowledge, the new NEC 2014 regulations require GFCI…