This house is not in the city limits and not subject to inspection by them, HOWEVER, the city, a town of 70K people, doesn't, according to both the largest electrical contractor in town and the electrical supply house, require AFCI's to be installed - in fact, they don't even have them in in stock and have to order them if I want them.

He, another master electrician who owns the supply house, says that the 2005 code, which the city has decided to follow, ONLY requires AFCI in multi-family bedrooms and not single-family. And he's on the city's 'electrical board'. He say's it's been MIS-interpreted allot - but he's read it and he's got the correct interpretation. He also indicated that "they were a waste of money and only protect you if you were to drive a nail into a wire while hanging a picture or something".

SO, I guess the problem is more widespread here than the individual electricians.

Nevertheless, I am ordering AFCI's for most of my circuits - except the bathrooms. I don't know if they should be installed in the bathrooms or not - would they interfere with the function of GFCI outlets?