One can see some point in emergency covers for hefty panels...

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On 8/15/17, Dwayne Reid <dwayner@planet.eon.net> wrote:
> At 12:17 AM 8/15/2017, Sean Breheny wrote:
>>I echo Russell's warning. I'd reckon that the solar array isn't as bad as
>> a
>>battery bank since it cannot source the current that batteries can <SNIP>
>
> The problem is that the output voltage of a solar array can rise
> significantly when the load is removed.  Your breaking voltage of
> 400V suddenly doubles.  Ouch!
>
> In other words, an arc from the output of a large, high-voltage solar
> array can be worse than that of the battery bank, at least in terms
> of quenching the arc.
>
> dwayne
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