First AFCI inspected

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Originally Posted By: senomoto
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Are ACFI’s supposed to have three wires as shown in the picture


Still new to this game and this is the first AFCI I’ve run across.


Mahalo for the help

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Originally Posted By: rmoore
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Stephen…


The neutral and hot from the circuit wiring are both connected to the breaker. The neutral then "returns" to the neutral bar via the coiled pig-tail. So one hot, two neutrals...three wires. From what I can see in your photo they look correct.

PS...you might reduce the size of the photo next time (600x480 or thereabouts). Some of these guys are still on dial-ups and huge embedded photo's also mean a lot of scrolling.

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Originally Posted By: jtedesco
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senomoto


I would also call attention to the "nicked" wires at some of the terminations.

They can be easily "broken" at that point where they may be moved during any work in the panelboard.

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