Eaton / Cutler-Hammer BRCAF120 AFCI Miniature Circuit Breaker

This breaker is designed for use in Eaton Type BR load centers. It is also backward compatible with older Cutler-Hammer, Bryant, Westinghouse, and Challenger panels that accept 1-inch Type BR breakers.

Yes. If your panel is equipped with a plug-on neutral bus, you can use catalog number BRP120AF, which eliminates the need for the pigtail wire connection.

The coiled white pigtail wire must be connected directly to the neutral bus bar in your load center to power the breaker's internal arc fault detection circuitry.

No. Single-pole pigtail AFCIs require a dedicated neutral for the circuit to function properly. For shared neutral applications, a two-pole AFCI breaker is required.

Eaton AFCI breakers feature a diagnostic LED that blinks a specific number of times to indicate the cause of the trip. For example, 1 blink indicates a series arc, 2 blinks for a parallel arc, 4 for overvoltage, and 5 for a ground fault.

Turn the breaker to the OFF position, press and hold the TEST button, turn the breaker ON, and then release the TEST button. The red LED will blink the last trip code for 30 iterations.

A Combination AFCI, like the BRCAF120, provides protection against both high-current parallel arcs and low-current series arcs down to 5 amps. Older Branch/Feeder AFCIs only detected parallel arcs.

No. The BRCAF120 is strictly a Combination Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter. If you need both arc fault and ground fault protection on the same circuit, you must use a dual function AF/GF breaker, such as the BRAFGF120.