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Originally Posted by villagetinker
4. My neighbor had a really weird experience where opening the refrigerator door would trip the AFCI breaker supplying the living room. This happened several times over a 6-7 month period. When he contacted an electrician, he found the refrigerator circuit breaker was on the SAME leg as the living room AFCI breaker. The electrician swapped the refrigerator with another circuit on the opposite leg, and this appears to have eliminated the problem.
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This is exactly how I found out about the ARC fault breakers being sensitive to HAM radios. Occasionally, when opening the refrigerator, the living room AFCI breaker would trip. Once that breaker was replaced with a 2nd generation AFCI breaker, everything is fine. The electrician had to come out twice to correct the problem, and he and I started talking about what can cause the breaker to trip. He also said that they have identified certain models of the Whirlpool refrigerators that can cause the problem - something to do with the LED lighting in them.
Since it is suddenly happening in more than one home in the area, I would agree that SECO should check it out.