paulgarett
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- Location
- San Rafael, CA
Installed new AFCI; it trips. Traced the circuit. Disconnected a power out (hot and neutral) at a switch box, which caused the AFCI to stay on.
This power out supplies power to the living room outlets, no lights. Nothing was plugged in. I checked the resistance between the hot and neutral at the switch box and got about 175 ohms. Did not have time to fix problem. Reconnected wires, put a standard breaker in, and it holds fine. What would cause this resistance reading? There are no lamps on this circuit and everything was unplugged. I assume this resistance reading has something to do with the AFCI tripping.
This power out supplies power to the living room outlets, no lights. Nothing was plugged in. I checked the resistance between the hot and neutral at the switch box and got about 175 ohms. Did not have time to fix problem. Reconnected wires, put a standard breaker in, and it holds fine. What would cause this resistance reading? There are no lamps on this circuit and everything was unplugged. I assume this resistance reading has something to do with the AFCI tripping.