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Originally Posted by Villager Joyce
I admit I have not read every word in every post, but I haven't gotten the impression anyone was going after the ham operators.
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Oh my. Certainly not my intention to engage in anything other than trying to help solve this problem in the favor of Villagers affected. It has to be frustrating as all get-out.
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Originally Posted by Boomer
In 2013 the national association for hams (AARL) 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. AARL 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
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And now, here I am quoting myself which makes me look pathetic in my need to, for some bizarro reason, take up this cause that is not even affecting my village. But anyway.......
This morning when I wrote the post above, just trying to help, I was not at a computer where I could cite the source of what I am talking about. Now, I am back where I can link anyone interested to the article from the ham national website.
The article is written somewhat in ham-speak so I wrote a little summary in my post above. (I skipped over the ham stuff when I read it.)
Please keep in mind that this article is from 2013. I really think whoever is accumulating the data in an official capacity is the one that needs to contact Eaton to find out if they will help resolve this if the fault, both figuratively and literally, is with their design. I do not think the contact should come from individuals. But maybe SECO or warranty will take up the cause.
I already said that, didn't I. Twice before. I think. And this time, the 3rd time, I am citing my source. So just maybe.....
ARRL Helps Manufacturer to Resolve Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter RFI Problems
Boomer