Bentek Solar, a leading designer and manufacturer of PV products connecting PV panels to inverters worldwide for the commercial and utility-scale marketplaces,  has successfully designed and shipped Phase 1, which includes 70MW of 1000VDC Fused Disconnect Safety Systems (FDSS) with visible blade disconnects into Ontario, Canada that complies with the Canadian Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) program. Phase 2, which consists of 60MW of the FDSS, is scheduled to ship in early 2013.

“The FDSS is a breakthrough PV product that provides arc flash reduction along with the first interlocking disconnect system designed to ensure user safety that meets the latest ESA Canadian OESC Rule 36-214 standards for large 1000VDC utility-scale PV installations,” said Jim Peplinski, Bentek Solar’s Chief Technology Officer.

“The Bentek Solar FDSS is designed for 1000VDC utility-scale PV systems for installation with 1000VDC utility-scale inverters. The FDSS provides a single solution for five key system requirements,” said John H. Buckley, executive sales and Marketing at Bentek Solar.

Five Customer Requirements – One Solution (FDSS)
1) Recombining of input circuits or elimination of inverter fuses
2) Visible blade disconnects for incoming arrays (Complies with Canadian OESC rule 36-214 for
1000VDC PV products)
3) Over current circuit protection
4) Multiple NEC 2011 compliant load break disconnects
5) Bentek zone current monitoring