IEC 61730-2:2004/AMD1:2011

IEC 61730-2 ®
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AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Photovoltaic (PV) module safety qualification –
Part 2: Requirements for testing

Qualification pour la sûreté de fonctionnement des modules photovoltaïques
(PV) –
Partie 2: Exigences pour les essais

IEC 61730-2:2004/A1:2011
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IEC 61730-2 ®
Edition 1.0 2011-11
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
colour
inside
AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Photovoltaic (PV) module safety qualification –
Part 2: Requirements for testing

Qualification pour la sûreté de fonctionnement des modules photovoltaïques
(PV) –
Partie 2: Exigences pour les essais

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FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by IEC technical committee 82: Solar photovoltaic energy
systems.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on Voting
82/660/FDIS 82/678/RVD
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voting indicated in the above table.
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2 Normative references
Delete year information from all referenced standards.
Replace
IEC 60904-2, Photovoltaic devices – Part 2: Requirements for reference solar cells
by
IEC 60904-2, Photovoltaic devices – Part 2: Requirements for reference solar devices
Delete
IEC 60904-6, Photovoltaic devices – Part 6: Requirements for reference solar modules
4.5 Fire hazard tests
Table 4 – Fire hazard tests
61730-2 Amend.1 © IEC:2011 – 3 –
Add to: MST 25 test, under IEC 61646 column, 10.18.
5 Application classes and their necessary test procedures
Table 7 – Required tests, depending on the application class
Replace: MST 54 UV resistance by MST 54 UV pre-conditioning
8 Testing
Figure 1 – Test sequences
Replace: UV resistance test by UV pre-conditioning test.
Remove box: Hot-spot test.
Insert a new box: Hot-spot test into the test sequence, at right hand side after bypass diode
thermal test.
Remove from box IEC 61215/IEC 61646: 10.2.
Remove 10.2 previous to MST 23 and MST 32.
Add a new box MST 13 “Ground continuity test” between “Cut susceptibility test” and
“Accessibility test”, at the end of test sequence.
Change MST 34 and MST 25 boxes to blue colour.

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Indicates change from
Edition 1 are near the red
bar
Module safety test MST
IEC 61730
7 modules or
6 modules and 1 laminate
IEC 61215
Module performance test MPT
IEC 61646
The numbers in each box are references to final
Visual inspection
measurements, that are to be performed after
MST 01
MST or MPT (if required). In this example:
01  = Module safety test MST 01
17  = Module safety test MST 17
Component tests
Performance test
(IEC 61215,
IEC 61646)
11 pieces
of foil
3 modules
1 module Number of 1 module 1 module
modules depends 1 laminate
1 piece
on the module size
of
Dielectric withstand
junction
Control
test
box
MST 16
Test on
Ground continuity 6 knock
test outs
MST 13
Partial discharge
test
Fire test Module breakage test
Accessibility
MSTMST 1 155
MST 23
MST 32
test
MST 11
Conduit bending
test
Wet leakage current
MSTMST 3 333
test
MST 17
Terminal box
knock out test
1 m1 modulodulee
1 m1 modulodulee
1 module
MSTMST 4 444
1 laminate (module)
Thermal cycling test
DamDamp Heatp heat t Tesest t
UV pre-conditioning test
200 cycles
1000 h1 000 h
MST 54
MST 51a
MSTMST 5 533
01 16
01 16   01 16
Thermal cycling test Wet leakage c
...