MidNite also offers AFCI protection in their disconnecting combiner boxes. The switches can also be hard-wired to the MidNite Birdhouse which allows ground-level personnel to remotely disconnect the PV output circuit at the combiner.
http://www.midnitesolar.com/pdfs/multi1_inside_outside.pdf For a brighter energy future, Andrew Truitt MSc., LEED GA NABCEP Certified PV Installer™ (ID# 032407-66) Principal Truitt Renewable Energy Consulting (202) 486-7507 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-truitt/8/622/713 "Don't get me wrong: I love nuclear energy! It's just that I prefer fusion to fission. And it just so happens that there's an enormous fusion reactor safely banked a few million miles from us. It delivers more than we could ever use in just about 8 minutes. And it's wireless!" ~William McDonough On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Dan Fink <[email protected]> wrote: > The Midnite Classic controllers come with arc-fault protection built in. > > -- > Dan Fink, > Executive Director; > Otherpower > Buckville Energy Consulting > Buckville Publications LLC > NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers > 970.672.4342 (voicemail) > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:09 AM, JRQ <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been wondering about this since I read over the 2011 code: > > > > Are there any listed DC arc-flash products on the market yet, or > scheduled > > to come to market within the next year? > > > > Also: will arc-flash protection come in the form of breakers that need > to be > > installed externally, or will it be something internal to the inverters > or > > charge controllers to which source circuits are wired? Will they need to > be > > installed on each string, or can they function on a combined circuit? > > > > Do systems with DC optimizers or with micro-inverters have arc-fault > > protection at the module level? > > > > Jeffrey Quackenbush > > NABCEP Certified PV Installer > > Peripatetic Solar Technician > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: [email protected] > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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