<div><br></div><div>MidNite also offers AFCI protection in their disconnecting combiner boxes. The switches can also be hard-wired to the MidNite Birdhouse which allows ground-level personnel to remotely disconnect the PV output circuit at the combiner.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.midnitesolar.com/pdfs/multi1_inside_outside.pdf">http://www.midnitesolar.com/pdfs/multi1_inside_outside.pdf</a> <br><br></div><div><br><br><div><span style="color:rgb(0,102,0)">For a brighter energy future,<br>
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</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Dan Fink <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danbob88@gmail.com">danbob88@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The Midnite Classic controllers come with arc-fault protection built in.<br>
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Otherpower<br>
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:09 AM, JRQ <<a href="mailto:quackkcauq@yahoo.com">quackkcauq@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've been wondering about this since I read over the 2011 code:<br>
><br>
> Are there any listed DC arc-flash products on the market yet, or scheduled<br>
> to come to market within the next year?<br>
><br>
> Also: will arc-flash protection come in the form of breakers that need to be<br>
> installed externally, or will it be something internal to the inverters or<br>
> charge controllers to which source circuits are wired? Will they need to be<br>
> installed on each string, or can they function on a combined circuit?<br>
><br>
> Do systems with DC optimizers or with micro-inverters have arc-fault<br>
> protection at the module level?<br>
><br>
> Jeffrey Quackenbush<br>
> NABCEP Certified PV Installer<br>
> Peripatetic Solar Technician<br>
><br>
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