arc-fault circuit interrupter
English
Noun
arc-fault circuit interrupter (plural arc-fault circuit interrupters)
- (electrical engineering) A type of circuit breaker that detects signs of potentially-dangerous arcing on downstream wiring and shuts off power to the affected branch circuit to reduce the risk of a fire.
Synonyms
- AFCI
Hypernyms
- circuit breaker
Coordinate terms
- ground-fault circuit interrupter