Figure 1. Photo from Gerald Robinson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Issues with DC-string cabling (wiring) on solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are emerging as a significant area of concern related to system failures, underperformance, and safety issues.
As of the 2020 revision of the NEC (NEC 2020), all references to safe DC cable management in solar PV systems have been moved into section 690. Since many of the existing systems were installed under earlier versions of the NEC, it is important to understand requirements from earlier versions in order to assess existing arrays.
The SolarGrade PV Health Report, produced by a large solar PV inspection company, Heliovolta, compiled 60,000 field inspection data points and found that 61% of inspected systems had major or critical conditions. Of these serious conditions, 91% are attributable to DC distribution system problems.
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