Featured in The Land of the Rising Sun – 02-2014

Hardened yet harmless

Cables & Connectors: PV solar cables and connectors are becoming increasingly safer and more resistant to environmental elements causing material degradation, while BOS architecture is offering these components ever more shelter from the storm.

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Charles W. Thurston

11 Feb 2014

The task of assessing safety and lifetime expectancy of PV solar cables and connectors requires extensive testing for exposure to UV radiation, humidity, water, ozone, cleaning and other types of chemicals, as well as mechanical and temperature cycling. “The big challenge,” says Max Göldi, a market unit manager at Huber+Suhner, based in Pfäffikon, in the …

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