• Identifying Circuits in PV Systems

    Article 690 covers the installation rules for solar photovoltaic systems.
    June 11, 2014

    For PV systems, the circuit(s) between modules and from modules to the common connection point(s), of the direct-current system is known as the _____.

    a) photovoltaic source circuit
    b) photovoltaic array circuit
    c) photovoltaic input circuit
    d) photovoltaic output circuit

    See answer and applicable Code reference

    The correct answer is: a) photovoltaic source circuit

    The provisions of Art. 690 apply to photovoltaic electrical energy systems. As noted in the definitions section of this Article (690.2), a photovoltaic source circuit is defined as "circuits between modules and from modules to the common connection point(s) of the DC system."

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