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Originally Posted by tag460
Summary of a letter from SECO I received today: The problem with breakers tripping appears to be inherent to homes located in Grid Area EL98au-The Villages north of SR44 and south of 466A. The brand of breakers is Eaton AFCI's and were originally installed by the builder and the cause was ham radio equipment. Members who experience AFCI breaker issues repeatedly are encouraged to contact The Villages Home Warranty Department.
I contacted The Villages Home Warranty Department for the second time. The first time I called when this first happen and they could not assist me because my house was over a year old. This time Home Warranty was aware of the problem and they are sending out the Contractor who installed the breakers. I will let you know what Exceptional Electric says.
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In 2013 the national association for hams (ARRL) was working with Eaton after this problem was reported with a certain design. At that time Eaton had a new design in the works. My guess is this problem has been corrected now and the houses being hit just happen to fall into the time period of the problematic design.
In the article I read, there was a reference to an older design with a yellow button that did not trip. The design that was tripping had a white button.
Eaton wanted to solve the problem. It was not the fault of the hams. ARRL is an influential organization with labs and Eaton is a respected company. They worked cooperatively.
Even though this has not affected my village, I certainly can understand the aggravation factor. But before getting to the point of Villagers taking up torches and pitchforks and going after hams, I hope someone will bring Eaton into this.
Remember the bad run of shingles a few years back that resulted in roofs being replaced at no cost. Could this be the same kind of thing? Bad timing? Bad run?
And if that is the case and the fault is with Eaton, might they replace that design at no cost?
If the gathered data points to Eaton's design, SECO or warranty needs to contact Eaton. --
Perhaps contact could be made in Morse Code.
Boomer