Solar fuse and fuse-holder protect PV applications

A Schurter product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Sep 8, 2010

Schurter has launched the ASO solar fuse and FSO fuse-holder with quick-acting characteristic, designed to protect photovoltaic (PV) and similar DC applications.

As PV systems have increased in size, so too have circuit protection requirements such as voltage rating.

Schurter introduces the new solar fuse ASO and fuseholder FSO with quick-acting characteristic to protect photovoltaic and similar DC-applications

The high-performance DC fuse is in a compact 10.3 x 38mm package.

The ASO fuse protects PV modules, conductors and similar DC applications from the effects of a low short circuit current in systems upwards of 1,000VDC.

The wire bonding makes the fuse stable and reliable, with an operating temperature range of -40C to +85C.

The ASO fuse is designed to protect DC low short circuit current and over-voltage conditions such as solar panels (strings), inverters, battery charges and combiner boxes.

The touch-safe FSO fuse-holder is designed for grid-tie or off-grid array combiners and standard DIN rail mount.

The products include cURus agency approval, are RoHS compliant and halogen free.