The GFCI is designed to protect people from fatal electric shocks. The AFCI protects against fires caused by arcing faults. The GFCI also can protect against some electrical fires by detecting arcing and other faults to ground but cannot detect hazardous across-the-line arcing faults that can cause fires.
The GFCI is designed to protect people from fatal electric shocks. The AFCI protects against fires caused by arcing faults. The GFCI also can protect against some electrical fires by detecting arcing and other faults to ground but cannot detect hazardous across-the-line arcing faults that can cause fires.
I hope that helps. Thanks! --Keith Ruehl
usinspect 1 year ago
So, circuits with gfci's are not protected from arcs, and those with afci's are not protected from shocks?
johnlvs2run 1 year ago