← All standardsAS/NZS 5033:2021Installation and safety requirements for photovoltaic (PV) arrays
  • 1Scope and general
  • 2PV array system configuration
  • 3Safety issues
  • 4Selection and installation of electrical equipment
  • 5Marking
  • 6System documentation and commissioning
  • A(informative) Example of signs
  • B(informative) Earthing and d.c. fault conditions
  • C(informative) Non-separated inverter fault current paths
  • D(informative) Maintenance recommendations
  • E(Informative) Testing and commissioning checklists
  • F(informative) Additional commissioning tests
  • G(informative) Lightning protection
  • H(informative) Examples of calculations for determining suitable voltage, thermal current, operational current and making and breaking current for switch disconnectors
  • I(normative) Fire tests, spread of flame and burning brand tests
  • J(normative) Determination of safety factor (SF) multiplier and KI for ISC MOD for Bifacial installations
  • K(normative) Protection against weather and water for dedicated individual enclosures containing switch disconnectors
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AS/NZS 5033:2021

Installation and safety requirements for photovoltaic (PV) arrays

Standards New Zealand

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Sections

  • 1Scope and general
  • 2PV array system configuration
  • 3Safety issues
  • 4Selection and installation of electrical equipment
  • 5Marking
  • 6System documentation and commissioning
  • A(informative) Example of signs
  • B(informative) Earthing and d.c. fault conditions
  • C(informative) Non-separated inverter fault current paths
  • D(informative) Maintenance recommendations
  • E(Informative) Testing and commissioning checklists
  • F(informative) Additional commissioning tests
  • G(informative) Lightning protection
  • H(informative) Examples of calculations for determining suitable voltage, thermal current, operational current and making and breaking current for switch disconnectors
  • I(normative) Fire tests, spread of flame and burning brand tests
  • J(normative) Determination of safety factor (SF) multiplier and KI for ISC MOD for Bifacial installations
  • K(normative) Protection against weather and water for dedicated individual enclosures containing switch disconnectors
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