Arc Fault tripping mystery
I am the follow up electrician. The first electrician went out of business. I am cleaning up their mistakes.
I have an arc fault breaker which keeps tripping in the master bed room. I tried replacing it with a new one. The new arc fault trips also. I replaced it with a standard breaker and everything works great.
I can only assume after reading further is that there is a short in the new wiring and that the place is going to burn down any minuite. It has been 3 weeks of normal use and everything is good. There is a ceiling fan and fluorescent light in the room. Could the motor or fluorescent lighting be causing this problem? Is there any other solution besides replacing the wire in this case? I am really stumped on this one.
I know my shop vac and cheap table saw can cause my arc fault breaker to trip at home once in a while. Are there certain appliances that just trip arc fault breakers?