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  1. No1BEE

    Current Limiting Fuse Instantaneous Peak vs Panel SCCR symmetrical RMS

    The electrical code requires short circuit rating (SCCR) of an equipment to be selected so that it would not subject the equipment to extensive damage when it has a short circuit. According to the electrical code the SCCR is the prospective symmetrical fault current at a nominal voltage. For...
  2. No1BEE

    AC current when grounding AC and DC conductors in PV system?

    Blutooth, To see the answer to your question, see if you can answer this simple question without looking at mine: Is there a potential difference between the grounded DC and AC side of the system under normal operating condition? And the answer is.... NO, sorry I couldn't wait. So, why is...
  3. No1BEE

    AC current when grounding AC and DC conductors in PV system?

    Blutooh, Only the ground electrodes of the two systems are connected together. The ground electrodes are in direct contact to earth, thus creating earth connection for both systems. There are normally no other current flowing through them into the ground, except for the systems leakage current...
  4. No1BEE

    AC current when grounding AC and DC conductors in PV system?

    Blutooh, The depicted diagrams are layout of a grounded inverter system (vs. an ungrounded system). In such a system, the AC and DC sides are isolated from each other via a built-in isolation transformer. Therefore, you have a separately derived (inverter) system where the DC grounded conductor...

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