Arc flash hazards in our homes

So at work we hear the rumble of risk managers requiring building owners to instill a new program around their current lockout/tagout program called ARCSTOP.

But what about our own personal lives?

Most of us have a 200A 240/120VAC single phase panel in our home.

Why isn't NFPA70E and OSHA requiring all residential owners to calculate and understand the ArdFault?

We know you have put your hands in there with it energized, or maybe your brother-in-law did for you when you where finishing your basement.

Well, bottom line is there is huge risk and hazards being in that 200A panel with it energized.  However, IEEE1584 calculations prove that a panel 240Vac and 200Amps and smaller cannot sustain an arc long enough to burn you with 2nd degree burns, thus the reason we don't implement ARCSTOP programs at our homes.

Comments

[John]

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