> On 3/16/2023 2:02 PM, David Eckhardt wrote:
>
> > I have several AFCIs. RF will trip them. Just a pain. If there were no
> > switch bounce on the AC switches, even for lights, they'd probably be just
> > OK. But with no debouncing on cheap AC wall switches and no protection
> > against strong RF fields, they are a PITA.
> >
> > Dave - WØLEV
Absolutely true. I am an electrician (well retired) and have not yet had an
occasion to find
RFI-proof AFCIs. Those AFCIs which I found, which our local electrical
inspector told us we
"needed" in order to be fully compliant with local requirements when we added
an addition to
our home and I did all the wiring necessary, were so sensitive to RF from my
own
transmitters that the AFCIs were literally unusable.
They were a complete huge PITA and still are.
I cannot now remember the brand of AFCI's I used, but I contacted the factory
about their
sensitivity to RF, but, at that time, received no satisfactory answer.
If anyone knows of a brand or model which is free from both sensistivity to RF,
and does
NOT output RFI, I would be MOST grateful to hear of such.
> > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 5:23PM Gene Smar via RFI <rfi@contesting.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Gents:
> >> I'm having my electric service panel in our home replaced and wanted
> >> to ask if any of you have had experience, either good or bad, with
> >> code-required arc-fault circuit interrupters and related RFI? I believe I
> >> read somewhere that either these or GFCI's were problematic in generating
> >> RFI, especially on the lowbands. I'd like to make sure I don't make things
> >> worse for myself by allowing the electrician to install the wrong AFCI
> >> design or brand. I've also read that AFCI's often trip unnecessarily.
This is absolutely true.
In my case, unfortunately, one of my antennas, a vertical, is within 15 feet of
the bedroom
which is fed from an AFCI, making that particular antenna pretty much useless.
> Any
> comments on that aspect as well?
Me too!!!!!
Ken W7EKB
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