Eaton’s Circuit Protection division aims to help OEMs, contractors and system owners protect vital PV power systems by offering a complete range of reliable solar circuit protection solutions. The solutions can help customers in commercial, utility and residential solar segments reduce installation costs, maintain reliable operations, help enhance safety and maximize energy harvested.
Eaton is a single-source provider and offers a range of solutions from its Circuit Protection division designed to protect PV panels, conductors and equipment. Eaton helps ensure that wire harnesses, combiner boxes, recombiner boxes and inverters are operating with maximum reliability, while adhering to the applicable solar specific code requirements.
Eaton’s solar circuit protection solutions include:
PV fuses
High-speed and AC fuses
SPDs
Molded-case circuit breakers
In-line PV string protectors
Modular fuse holders
AC/DC safety switches
Power distribution blocks
“The unique nature of solar PV systems demands the need for equipment manufacturers to develop solutions that are increasingly more efficient at higher DC voltages in harsh environments. As the solar market evolves into a mature, sustainable technology, system owners are demanding lower cost of ownership solutions and faster return on their investment,” says Jason Ezzell, product manager, Eaton’s Bussmann business. “Eaton has made it a priority to develop innovative and energy efficient overcurrent and overvoltage solutions to ensure system reliability–providing system manufacturers, contractors and owners with the peace of mind knowing their equipment is protected.”