- Author
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Lee, D. A.
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Trotta, A. M.
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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
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Fire Technology,
Vol. 36,
No. 3,
145-162,
3rd Quarter, August 2000
- Keywords
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electrical fires
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electric wire
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circuit breakers
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standards
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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