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Arc-fault circuit interrupter, an Uncommon card
An arc-fault circuit interrupter or arc-fault detection device is a circuit breaker that breaks the circuit when it detects the electric arcs that are a signature of loose connections in home wiring.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 44
- Power
- 107
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 32,000
Power 107 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Arc-fault circuit interrupter quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Arc-fault circuit interrupter card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
An AFCI selectively distinguishes between a ______ arc, and a potentially dangerous arc.
Answer
harmless. An AFCI selectively distinguishes between a harmless arc, and a potentially dangerous arc. From the Arc-fault circuit interrupter article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cantar de mio Cid. Cantar de mio Cid 67 · Arc-fault circuit interrupter 63 · Argo Navis 60 · Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate 55 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Amiga 1200. Amiga 1200 48,000 · Arc-fault circuit interrupter 32,000 · Ammonium dihydrogen phosphate 23,000 · DB-Engines ranking 9,700 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Loose connections, which can develop over time, can sometimes become hot enough to ignite house fires.
- An AFCI selectively distinguishes between a harmless arc, and a potentially dangerous arc.
- In Canada and the United States, AFCI breakers have been required by the electrical codes for circuits feeding electrical outlets in residential bedrooms since the beginning of the 21st century, the US National Electrical Code has required them to protect most residential outlets since 2014, and the Canadian Electrical Code has since 2015.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Arc-fault circuit interrupter article was read about 32,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 44: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
How to get Arc-fault circuit interrupter
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Text : Wikipedia, Arc-fault circuit interrupter (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : ZStoler, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
