u/LegitimateCookie2398

This one is doozy. Recently had a Schizophrenic neighbor try and firebomb my duplex with Molotov cocktails. They threw 3 of them and totally coated the concrete wall, but thankfully the burning rag they threw fell into the concrete staircase and was contained.

I need to remove all the potential fire hazard from the wall to reduce the potential of fire and remove the stains. What would you recommend to cleaning it with. I was thinking of putting a industrial de-greaser in scrub bucket, apply it and then pressure wash it off after letting it sit a 10-15 minutes and maybe repeat.

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Had a house built in 2020 with Siemens AFCI's throughout. Since then I have had a ton of nuisance tripping,pretty much 2x a day. I see that in 2024 there has been class action lawsuit due to this issue with their breakers made during that time. The case is still being decided.

There isn't any rhyme or reason on which circuit trips it seems over the years its changed which one's are more prone, maybe due to devices connected. At first it was always the microwave that popped daily, but that has been solid and probably hasn't gone for the last 2 years now. the current is the furnace ( 5 feet of romex to it hardwired, which I unwired and rewired, didn't make a difference). Also the main living room with TV seems really prone, which it used to not be.

What I've found is if our LG dryer finishes a load and the door is closed ( it has an auxiliary heater that keep close warm) Something in the house will 100% trip an AFCI, so we have to be mindful to open the dryer door once its done.

So my main question is there any steps I can do to decrease these? its driving my wife nuts. Steps I've thinking of

1. add a panel surge protector- I've heard conflicting information on if these can limit small surges that could cause the AFCI's to trip.

2. Swap out the AFCI's to Combo breakers, or updated/ other brand breakers that fit in my panel. I'd rather not do this as there is about 1,000$ worth of breakers in there, but I heard the AFCI/GFCI breakers are less prone to this (Maybe Siemens will pay for this if they lose the Class action suit).

3. Swap out AFCI's to regular breakers? I'd rather keep code and also if we sell the house, it probably would get flagged.

4. small surge protectors throughout the house? I've heard this could possibly help.

Thanks for any responses. Anything to keep our sanity.