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AC
Abbreviation for “Alternating Current”.
AFCI
Abbreviation for “Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters”.
AHJ
Abbreviation for “Authority Having Jurisdiction”.
Anti-islanding protection
This is a unit for grid monitoring with assigned switching elements (anti-islanding protection) and is
an automatic isolation point for small power generation systems (to 30 kWp).
Basic Insulation
Insulation to provide basic protection against electric shock.
CEC
Abbreviation for the California Energy Commission
CECEciency
CEC Eciency is the California Energy Commission Eciency rating, a performance rating for
modules and inverters based on the real environment that a system will be in.
CSA
Abbreviation for the Canadian Standards Association.
DC
Abbreviation for “Direct Current”.
EMC
The Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC) concerns the technical and legal basics of the mutual
inuencing of electrical devices through electromagnetic elds caused by them in electrical engi-
neering.
FCC
FCC is the abbreviation for Federal Communications Commission.
Galvanic isolation
No conductive connection between two component parts.
GET
Grounding Electrode Terminal
GND
Ground
IEEE
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (read I-Triple-E) is an international
non-prot, professional organization for the advancement of technology related to electricity.
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