I was reading an advertisement by Leviton that stated their AFCI/GFCI circuit breakers were the only ones that met the new standard for indicating end of life.
I also stumbled across an episode of This Old House where the electrician was installing a Leviton load center.
Any thoughts or opinions? I suppose that will increase the cost up^.
Sure looks like a winner if it lives up to it's promise. It is designed tomake wiring AFC and GFC circuits dead sinple, and very neet
- with NO pigtails and no "common " neutral busses. Every circuit is easy to follow and connect - no chance of "floating" neutrals.
Won't likely be much more expensive than a Square D QO panel and devices, which are the "gold standard" up until now.
If I had not just installed the QO 2 years ago I'd defnitely be looking at the Leviton offering pretty closely - - -
I have never seen a Leviton panel, how do the GFCIs connect to the neutral bus?
No wires connect directly to the new breakers. The breaker just plugs in to the backplane busses of the Load Center. Branch wiring is done to lugs in the Load Center, not on the breaker
Makes replacing a breaker a simple pull-out/plug-in operation.
Neutral, line and load are all plug-in. No screws on the breaker. No common neutral connection either. Each cable (circuit) connects to screw terminals on the panel at the breaker. Makes for the neatest power distribution panel you've ever seen - but a bit of a problem for an upgrade panel. Perfect for a new install. The way a power panel SHOULD have been designed to start with, and definitely the way a power panel should be for AFCI.
You are adding "plug on" connections in addition to a lug. If the connectors are good it is OK I suppose but every time you add a connection you add a potential failure.
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