I had done some research a while back of various postings on forums and came to the conclusion that the fixed Eaton BR or Square D Homeline AFCIs would work OK in the presence of RF.
I have not tried either yet. ARRL had a link to a contact at Eaton here: http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-helps-manufacturer-to-resolve-arc-fault-circuit-interrupter-rfi-problems 73, Mark W7MLG On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 3:34 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. ______________________________________________________________ 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]
