[RE-wrenches] whos doing the PV testing

[jay peltz]

Hi David,

Yes I saw the piece in the new SolarPro.

Do you know if they are also testing for temp derating, or are we  
still going to be using the manufacturers % loss's?

thanks,

jay

peltz power
On Sep 30, 2009, at 7:59 AM, David Brearley wrote:

> Jay,
>
> According to Pat Saxon at the California Energy Commission, the list  
> of approved test facilities currently include: CSA, Intertek (ETL)  
> and UL. TUV Rheinland of North America is in the process of  
> expanding their scope to include this testing. The testing performed  
> includes portions, but not all, of IEC 61215 (for c-SI) and IEC  
> 61646 (for thin film). The nominal operating cell temperature (NOCT)  
> and the temperature coefficient of power measurements reported from  
> these third party testing laboratories are now used to derive the  
> PTC ratings for CEC eligible modules. That’s basically the change;  
> previously these values were self-reported by the manufacturers,  
> generally optimistically.
>
> A section in one of our feature articles, a recent Q&A response and  
> a letter in our Mail department cover aspects of the new testing. If  
> you would like me to send you links or PDFs to these sources just  
> contact me offline.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David Brearley, Senior Technical Editor
> SolarPro magazine
> NABCEP Certified PV Installer ™
> david.brearley at solarprofessional.com
> Direct: 541.261.6545
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>
> Visit our Web site at solarprofessional.com
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>
> On 9/29/09 10:30 PM, "jay peltz" <jay at asis.com> wrote:
>
> > HI All,
> >
> > I"m wondering if anyone knows who is doing the new 3rd party PV
> > testing for california?
> >
> > And also how they are doing it, ie real world testing or modeling.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > jay
> >
> > peltz power
> >
> >
>
> >
>
>
>
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