{"id":728140,"date":"2023-10-31T12:48:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T10:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=728140"},"modified":"2023-10-31T12:48:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T10:48:29","slug":"advice-for-homeowners-how-to-choose-an-ultra-safe-solar-system-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/728140\/advice-for-homeowners-how-to-choose-an-ultra-safe-solar-system-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice for Homeowners \u2013 How to choose an ultra-safe solar system\u00a0in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As South African homes continue to embrace solar energy as a crucial source of backup power to deal with load&nbsp;shedding, safety issues have become a hot topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was exacerbated when <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esi-africa.com\/renewable-energy\/solar\/vodacom-fire-solar-installation-safety-measures-come-into-sharp-focus\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=October+2023\" target=\"_blank\">recently, a huge flame coming from the solar roof of a building in Century City attracted public attention.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but no matter the cause, homeowners have received a huge wake-up call thanks to the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sa.sungrowpower.com\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=October+2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to shop for a safe Sungrow solar system.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;resident named Daniel&nbsp;from Cape Town&nbsp;who wanted to install a photovoltaic system at home said this fire made him and his family worry about installing a solar system at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are willing to deal with load shedding&nbsp;by consuming clean&nbsp;electricity, but we need highly secure products,\u201d said Daniel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to&nbsp;put my family and house at&nbsp;any risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DC faults<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to public&nbsp;statistics, more than 80% of fire accidents in solar&nbsp;projects&nbsp;are caused by direct current (DC)&nbsp;side faults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common of these faults are DC arc faults, which tend to occur because of DC cabling issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once a DC arc is generated, it is very easy for it to lead&nbsp;to a fire-related accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Sungrow\u2019s solar systems have ways to combat DC faults that set them apart from the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sungrow \u2013 a safe, officially approved inverter brand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sungrow is a global renewable energy supplier with an excellent reputation in the clean energy field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After 26 years of continuous technological innovation, Sungrow ranks as the top PV inverter supplier globally by shipments, and its products are available in more than 150 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sungrow\u2019s residential&nbsp;solar solutions are famously safe, reliable and highly efficient,&nbsp;performing&nbsp;well in mainstream international markets such as Europe, America, and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This makes Sungrow solar systems the best option for your home \u2013 and Daniel agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In addition to choosing reliable solar panels, I also compared inverters and battery products on the market, and I was very impressed with Sungrow,\u201d said Daniel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRegarding the safety issue that homeowners like me are most concerned about, Sungrow\u2019s inverters&nbsp;use cutting-edge fireproof technologies&nbsp;that guarantees&nbsp;an extremely safe residential&nbsp;solar&nbsp;system for my family.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This technology comprises an advanced arc-fault circuit-interrupter (AFCI) system that detects arcs with 99.9% accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With such an impressive ability to detect arcs, you can rest assured that Sungrow\u2019s solar systems will protect your home against fire threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, if homeowners want to achieve an ultra-secure solar system, they can choose to equip their houses with Sungrow\u2019s SP600S power optimizer, which allows module-level rapid shutdown and guarantees a safe DC voltage thoughout your system\u2019s lifespan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In case of an emergency, such as a fire, the optimizer automatically shuts down relevant modules within 20 seconds, which is 10 seconds faster than the general requirement &#8211;&nbsp;ensuring the safety of firefighters and minimizing or avoiding losses for&nbsp;homeowners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sa.sungrowpower.com\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=October+2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to shop for a safe Sungrow solar system.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sungrow\u2019s solar power solutions are the best way to protect your home against solar fires and other safety hazards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":728142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[18260],"class_list":["post-728140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-sungrow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728331,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728140\/revisions\/728331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}