IABO Code Talk
Arc-Fault breaker testing 04/05/2010
We purchased Ideal SureTest Arc testers for each of the inspectors 3-4 years ago, but since then some of the Arc-Fault breakers have been updated and these testers will not work any more. Some breaker manufacturers indicate that the correct test is with the breaker's test button.
Please let me know if Arc-Fault breakers are required to be tested. And if you agree that they are, please describe how you are testing. Maybe we need to get some new equipment again.
Please let me know if Arc-Fault breakers are required to be tested. And if you agree that they are, please describe how you are testing. Maybe we need to get some new equipment again.
Comments
Steve Neyens
04/07/2010 08:48
I got one of those testers back in 2001 and used it all the time. Later the testers and the testing of the devices was talked about at one of the state IAEI meetings in 02 or 03 ?. What I remember was that the only way to actually test the arc-fault device was to use the test button on the device itself. The button on the hand held tester was not doing something and was not being concidered good enough. I still use the testers other functions.
