Safer circuits

[DickWilson]

John, I have found AFCI breakers at Home depot. Replacing existing breakers with AFCI's is relatively simple. This is easily a job you can do yourself, assuming your panel was wired correctly and there is enough slack in the neutral "white" wire to reach the AFCI breaker you wish to install. Simply turn off your main breaker to the panel, verify that there is no voltage present at the breaker you wish to replace. Open the breaker, remove hot lead, remove neutral wire for that circuit from buss bar. Remove old breaker. Install new breaker. Connect pigtail white wire from AFCI to the slot you removed the neutral wire for this circuit from on the neutral buss bar. Connect neutral wire for this circuit to the neutral terminal on the AFCI, Connect hot wire to the AFCI load terminal. turn on main breaker, turn on AFCI, perform breaker trip test as specified in breaker packaging. Installation instructions normally accompany each breaker and should be followed. The above instructions are general procedures and should not replace any instructions in the packaging. The data plate on your breaker panel will specfiy the type of breakers you need to fit that panel.

dick wilson
"Nothing is idiot proof,because idiots are so ingenious!"