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Old 11-05-2019, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by karostay View Post
That's Shocking! Your lamp post should be on a GFI breaker not an arc fault
Sure you didn't call a plumber sounds like you got hosed
My lamp post is also on an arc-fault breaker - house built in 2011. The circuit happens to be labeled General Lighting.

I learned this from the Lenhart electrician who came to troubleshoot a problem I had with that circuit frequently tripping. The problem was caused by a defective light sensor on the lamp post. Many mornings when it tuned the bulb off, an arc caused the arc-fault breaker to trip. He replaced the light sensor and the problem never happened again.