Hi there:
My iMac G5 has been working great for the last 1.5 years. Yesterday, I moved the iMac into an upstair bedroom. Unlike the rest of the house, the bedrooms' wirings are protected by AFCI circuit breakers.
FYI, AFCI supposedly "is expected to provide enhanced protection from fires resulting from unsafe home wiring conditions. Typical household fuses and circuit breakers do not respond to early arcing and sparking conditions in home wiring. By the time a fuse or circuit breaker opens a circuit to defuse these conditions, a fire may already have begun."
Every time I turn on the iMac, it trips the AFCI circuit breaker. The electrician said that the problem is with my iMac as other appliances, including hair dryers, and clothes iron work fine (yes, I do iron my clothes). He said that the iMac wiring produced some "arcing", which in turn, tripped the AFCI breaker. The electrician is adamant that the problem is with the iMac and not the electrical wirings of the house.
Has anyone else experienced this? The iMac works fine downstair when it is plugged into a non AFCI circuit breaker.
If the iMac is the culprit, is it wise to continue to use it downstair?
I'm asking here because I don't believe that apple support will be able to help me with this, other than telling me to ship it in for repair.
Thanks for all of your help in advance.
My iMac G5 has been working great for the last 1.5 years. Yesterday, I moved the iMac into an upstair bedroom. Unlike the rest of the house, the bedrooms' wirings are protected by AFCI circuit breakers.
FYI, AFCI supposedly "is expected to provide enhanced protection from fires resulting from unsafe home wiring conditions. Typical household fuses and circuit breakers do not respond to early arcing and sparking conditions in home wiring. By the time a fuse or circuit breaker opens a circuit to defuse these conditions, a fire may already have begun."
Every time I turn on the iMac, it trips the AFCI circuit breaker. The electrician said that the problem is with my iMac as other appliances, including hair dryers, and clothes iron work fine (yes, I do iron my clothes). He said that the iMac wiring produced some "arcing", which in turn, tripped the AFCI breaker. The electrician is adamant that the problem is with the iMac and not the electrical wirings of the house.
Has anyone else experienced this? The iMac works fine downstair when it is plugged into a non AFCI circuit breaker.
If the iMac is the culprit, is it wise to continue to use it downstair?
I'm asking here because I don't believe that apple support will be able to help me with this, other than telling me to ship it in for repair.
Thanks for all of your help in advance.