uma409•18d ago

Just finished my 500th service call for a tripped AFCI breaker

It was always a loose neutral on a backstabbed outlet, every single time. Anyone else feel like they could diagnose that in their sleep now?

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grace_knight7018d ago

Loose neutral on a backstabbed outlet" is basically the official diagnosis. I saw a forum post once where a guy said he just starts every AFCI call by checking every single outlet on the circuit for backstabs before he even looks at the panel. Saves him a ton of time.

christopher_sullivan15d ago

Used to think it was overblown but now I check backstabs first every time.

cameron53817d ago

My buddy had a call last week that was exactly what grace_knight70 said. He went straight to the outlets, found a backstab in the master bedroom that you could wiggle the wire right out of. Took him ten minutes total.