Colleagues:
The statement below is substantially true and is the skeleton in the closet
for the PV industry. Smart combiners and automatic roof-top fault
disconnecting means will correct this problem.
William
At 08:22 AM 10/22/2012, you wrote:
Reading their statements make me wonder -
"A traditional solar system produces a substantial live current any time
that it receives sunlightwith DC voltages in the 300VDC-600VDC rangeand
cannot be fused. Experts have said for years the only way to have a safe
system is for it to operate at low voltages (<80V)."
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