{"id":1665,"date":"2013-09-25T19:04:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T19:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mistersparky-houston.com\/answers\/what-is-an-afci\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:24:29","slug":"what-is-an-afci","status":"publish","type":"answers","link":"https:\/\/mistersparky-houston.com\/?answers=what-is-an-afci","title":{"rendered":"What is an AFCI?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In electric &#8220;<strong>arc<\/strong>&#8221; is a discharge of current that occurs when the current passes through normally non conductive media such as air. Small arcs can occur through normal use of plugs and switches, however an high-power discharge, also known as an\u00a0<strong>arc-fault<\/strong>, produce heat which can cause an electrical fire. In fact, arc-faults are one of the leading causes of electrical wiring fires!<\/p>\n<p>An <strong>AFCI<\/strong> or <strong>Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter <\/strong>is\u00a0designed to monitor the electrical current to detect undesirable arcs and disconnect power in order to prevent fires.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n  \"mainEntity\": {\n    \"@type\": \"Question\",\n    \"name\": \"What is an AFCI?\",\n    \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n      \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n      \"text\": \"In electric \u201carc\u201d is a discharge of current that occurs when the current passes through normally non conductive media such as air. Small arcs can occur through normal use of plugs and switches, however an high-power discharge, also known as an arc-fault, produce heat which can cause an electrical fire. In fact, arc-faults are one of the leading causes of electrical wiring fires!\n\nAn AFCI or Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter is designed to monitor the electrical current to detect undesirable arcs and disconnect power in order to prevent fires.\"\n    }\n  }\n}\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In electric &#8220;arc&#8221; is a discharge of current that occurs when the current passes through normally non conductive media such as air. Small arcs can occur through normal use of plugs and switches, however an high-power discharge, also known as an\u00a0arc-fault, produce heat which can cause an electrical fire. In fact, arc-faults are one of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1665","answers","type-answers","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ptb_metabox":[],"ptb_taxonomy":[],"ptb_featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mistersparky-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/answers\/1665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mistersparky-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/answers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mistersparky-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/answers"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mistersparky-houston.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}