Tom, I had the same problem with a new house in 2011. The Eaton breakers of that era (2010-2012 or so) were faulty and being replaced by Eaton. It’s a long shot that it’s the cause of your problem but I mention it just in case (or if someone else is having a chronic problem).
73, Bill WE5P Comfortably Numb > On Jan 4, 2021, at 15:31, Tom Doligalski via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Over the last several weeks I’ve been having problems with the arc fault > detector (AFCI) in my fusebox.This does not control the power to the shack, > but to our garage door operners. > > It seemed random at first, but I think I’ve tracked it down a bit. > > Running an Elecraft K3/KPA500/KAT500 combo. The AFCI ONLY trips when on 80 > CW, running 100 watts (the KPA500 in standby bode). If the KPA500 is ON > (running 500 watts) there is no problem. > > Seems fine on other bands…. > > 80M antenna is a Carolina Windom. The usual baluns/line isolator/grounding > stuff. > > Any ides? > > Kinda worried that there is an issue with the 100 W amp in the K3. > > 73. > > Tom W4KX > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
