Guidelines for qualifying PV modules, components and materials for operation at high temperatures
STANDARD published on 22.6.2020
Designation standards: IEC/TS 63126-ed.1.0
Publication date standards: 22.6.2020
Approximate weight : 300 g (0.66 lbs)
Country: International technical standard
Category: Technical standards IEC
IEC TS 63126:2020 defines additional testing requirements for modules deployed under conditions leading to higher module temperature which are beyond the scope of IEC 61215-1 and IEC 61730-1 and the relevant component standards, IEC 62790 and IEC 62852. The testing conditions specified in IEC 61215-2 and IEC 61730-2 (and the relevant component standards IEC 62790 and IEC 62852) assumed that these standards are applicable for module deployment where the 98th percentile temperature (T98th), that is the temperature that a module would be expected to equal or exceed for 175,2 h per year, is less than 70 °C. This document defines two temperature regimes, temperature level 1 and temperature level 2, which were designed considering deployment in environments with mounting configurations such that the T98th is less than or equal to 80 °C for temperature level 1, and less than or equal to 90 °C for temperature level 2. The contents of the corrigendum 1 (2022-09) have been included in this copy.