- Author
- Lee, D. A. | Trotta, A. M. | King, W. H., Jr.
- Title
- New Technology for Preventing Residential Electrical Fires: Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters (AFCIs).
- Coporate
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
- Journal
- Fire Technology, Vol. 36, No. 3, 145-162, 3rd Quarter, August 2000
- Keywords
- electrical fires | electric wire | circuit breakers | standards | UL 1699
- Identifiers
- residential electrical branch circuit breakers; Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters (AFCIs); arcing; lowering the instantaneous trip level of circuit breakers; CPSC staff tests of AFCIs