RF trips AFCI's ?

I'm informed that Radio Frequencies , apparently of significant magnitude, can trip standard afci OCPD's.

The complaint hails from ham radio users &/or proximity to Ham radio owners

Here's a 3yr old article on it>>>

ARRL Helps Manufacturer to Resolve Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter RFI Problems

It occurs to me that , as a service industry spark, the possibility exists that we are called for nuisance tripping of afci's , the culprit of which may be external from the afflicted residence

So , as some Ham's are incognito w/o visible antenna, how are we to assess the intermittent phenomenon?

~S~

Thanks for the link


Crazy stuff. Here is a video where a ham radio is tripping them  

Good one 38

So we've yet another 'signature waveform' debacle

Yet we've , to my knowledge, no guide ,parameters to assess said waveforms

Perhaps some oscilloscopic level guidance via the manufacturers would be in order?

~S~

Sisyphus wrote:Good one 38

So we've yet another 'signature waveform' debacle

Yet we've , to my knowledge, no guide ,parameters to assess said waveforms

Perhaps some oscilloscopic level guidance via the manufacturers would be in order?

~S~

Thanks


Question imo is: what separates dangerous arcing from dangerous arcing in terms of waveform?