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I have a UPS mostly because my laser printer sometimes trips the stupid arc fault circuit breaker[0] that gets false alarms incredibly easily. Since my apartmen

I have a UPS mostly because my laser printer sometimes trips the stupid arc fault circuit breaker[0] that gets false alarms incredibly easily. Since my apartment is new construction it has AFCI on every circuit. The TV also used to trip it and maintenance replaced that circuit’s breaker and it’s stopped, and I’d probably get the other replaced too if not for COVID requiring all our maintenance requests to be emergency-only. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc-fault_circuit_interrupter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc-fault_circuit_interrupte...

zaroth 6y ago
AFCI’s are such a horrific scam. Imagine spending thousands of dollars to fill a breaker box with less reliable breakers. I had AFCI trip on my fridge after renovating my kitchen while we were away for a weekend and ruined the brand new floors when the ice box melted. So infuriating. I’ve since pulled the AFCI’s out of all mission critical circuits and sold them on eBay. Just an absolutely disgusting example of regulatory capture.