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Originally Posted by tw

Another product that would be useful and is not commonly found is an equivalent device that contains arc-fault protection. .... Something that can be installed in the circuit breaker box and is now required on all bedroom circuits.

Last spring, we had a new electrical box installed in our house because water infiltration had ruined the previous one. We got an upgrade so that there is room to add additional circuits in the future if we choose to. We had a well respected, licensed electrician do the work, and told him that we wanted high quality materials to be used. I'm no expert in wiring, but his work was very neat and tidy - a good indicator of attention to detail in other areas. The county's electrical inspector came by and checked the work. He made a point of checking the grounding of the box, both inside at the water pipe, and outside at two rods in the ground, and he also checked a few random connections to make sure they were tight enough.

We did not have arc-fault protection put on any circuits. It wasn't even brought up by anyone. The inspector was apparently fine with this.

So is this a new national electrical code standard? As of when?