5 Minutes Help You Know The History of Solar Cable

Why we need solar cable?

Before starting discuss the solar cable,we need know the photovoltaic system or the solar panel.The history of photovoltaic is not long,about 20 years ago,this technical was invented,then started it's application.Why did we need photovoltaic system?Answer is simple,because energy crisis was expanding all over the world,people was seeeking to find a better and cleaner enegry to replace the fossil energy.What's more solar energy is clean totally,no any pollution,so by those 20 years developement,solar system has been more and more popular and important all over the world.Solar cable is produced to match the whole photovoltaic system.The solar cable used in this new technology naturally has some different points compared to the traditional cable and wire,we will talk about it in third chapter.

What is the basic structure of solar cable？

Uausally solar cable is suitable for the rated voltage of 0.6/1000V.In UL standard,the common sizes have 8 AWG, 10 AWG, 12 AWG, 14 AWG and in general there are black,red and white colors.Photovoltaic system require the solar cable need wonderful insulation performance,in general solar cable adpot the XLPO and LSZH materials,those let our solar cable owns high and low-temperature resistance. The temperature resistance of the cable is different due to the different insulation and sheathing materials. The temperature resistance of photovoltaic cables is from -40℃—+ 120℃.

Is solar cable different to other cable?

To understand the specialty of solar cable,we need back to the photovolatic system,because in some way the application scene decides most of aspects of things,that can be regarded as the general thoery.Firstly photovolatic system is the device generating the electrical power,that require our solar cable has got to own good insulation perform,otherwise potential damage couldn't be predicted.Secondly photovolatic system will exposed to the strong sun light,that require our solar cable must be highly resistant to high temperature as well as ultraviolet ray,once the insulation materials is less uniform to the require,the use age of solar cable will decrease rapidly.For our household wiring cable,uausally we don't need those strict require,otherwise the cost of manufacturing will too high.

How is the solar cable manufactured?

Compared to the others, the production procedure of solar cable will much complicated.we can take silicone rubber cable to do this comparison. 

1.Conductor: tinned copper wire soft conductor stranded.In this aspect,there are no much difference.

2.Insulation: Solar cable need use halogen-free low smoke flame retardant irradiated crosslinked polyolefin;Silicone rubber cable only need good quality silicone materials.In China,in general for better quality of solar cable, manufacturer need import the advanced extruction device to ensure the halogen-free low smoke flame retardant irradiated crosslinked polyolefin can form perfectly.

How to choose the solar cable? 

Now in the market,UL and TUV certification both are the authoritative certificate for solar cable.If you are buyer,recently you have a procurement plan,whether the vendor owns UL or TUV or not is the first factor you need consider.Then you can investigate the power of vendor,for example,the vendor is the manufacturer or trader,how much is their capacity monthly etc.