The 2002 NEC implemented new requirements to help reduce the number of electrical fires caused by parallel arc faults in branch circuit wiring. All branch circuits supplying bedrooms in single-family ...

Germany's Fraunhofer ISE announced it published a new international test standard for inverters that incorporate arc fault detection devices. The research institute said the new IEC 63027 standard ...

Nigeria’s fast-growing solar power sector, the Rural Electrification Agency, in partnership with Huawei Technologies Nigeria Limited, has conducted Nigeria’s first authoritative Arc Fault Circuit ...

Researchers from China's Tianjin University and inverter manufacturer Ginlong Solis have developed a novel AI-based method for DC arc detection in PV systems. A DC arc occurs in PV arrays when there ...

In the not-so-distant past, electrical workers routinely racked out breakers in the normal course of their jobs. They did this with little concern or knowledge of the hazards to which they were ...

In a major step towards improving safety standards in Nigeria’s fast-growing solar power sector, the Rural Electrification Agency, in partnership with Huawei Technologies Nigeria Limited, has ...

In utility-scale PV plants, the DC-side is often the most vulnerable part of the entire system. With complex wiring and numerous connection points, even a minor issue at one point can cause equipment ...

The new IEC standard 63027 will eliminate some of the weaknesses of the old UL 1699B standard, which did not simulate real operation sufficiently. Image: Fraunhofer ISE German research body Fraunhofer ...

HEFEI, China, Nov. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sungrow, the global leading PV inverter and energy storage system provider, announced the successful completion of a comprehensive field test conducted ...