AFCI's and Service Panel Upgrade
I just had the electrician by today to give an estimate for a service panel upgrade from our 100a fuse service panel to a 200a service panel. I felt he was competent and knew what he was talking about. He did raise a concern that I would like to get advice on. He mentioned that inspectors have failed service panel upgrades in my city when the AFCI's are tripped by the older wiring in the house. When this happens, he says, the inspectors have required that the whole house be rewired. I don't think he was telling me this so that I go for rewiring the house, I think he was telling me this so that I was a aware of this potentially huge issues. I'm wondering if the inspectors are interpreting the code incorrectly because it seems ridiculous to me that, in effect, they're discouraging people from upgrading their service panel. Is there any section in the NEC that I can take to the building department? Thanks in advance for the help.