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All that noise

Arc fault circuit interruption was introduced as a standard for PV inverters many years ago, but against a backdrop of technical complications, the issue is still far from resolved. A recent report has found that many inverters fail this important task in challenging environments.

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Marian Willuhn

21 Oct 2019

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A recent wave of lawsuits against Tesla’s solar business, formerly SolarCity, by U.S. supermarket chain Walmart has brought an old topic back to the fore. Walmart alleges that Tesla (or at the time, SolarCity) was grossly negligent in installing and maintaining the 244 arrays on the retailer’s rooftops between 2010 and 2016. The reason for …

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