General Installation Manual
General Installation Manual for SANYO HIT Photovoltaic (PV) Modules. Please read this manual completely before installing or using the modules.
This manual is applied for the following products:
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for choosing SANYO HIT PV modules. With proper operation and maintenance, SANYO HIT PV modules will provide you with clean, renewable solar electricity for many years.
Keep this manual for reference. This manual contains important information about installation, maintenance and safety.
Disclaimer of Liability
SANYO does not assume responsibility and expressly disclaims liability for loss, damage, or expense arising out of or in any way connected with such installation, operation use or maintenance by using this manual. SANYO assumes no responsibility for any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties that may result from use of the module.
No license is granted by implication or under any patent or patent rights. The information in this manual is believed to be reliable, but does not constitute an expressed and implied warranty. SANYO reserves the right to make changes to the product, specifications, or manual without prior notice.
General Information
The installation of solar modules requires a great degree of skill and should only be performed by a qualified licensed professional, including, without limitation, licensed contractors and licensed electricians.
ARNING
All instructions should be read and understood before attempting to install, wire operate and maintain the photovoltaic module. Contact with electrically active parts of the module such as terminals can result in burns, sparks, and lethal shock whether the module is connected or disconnected.
The installer assumes the risk of all injury that might occur during installation, including, without limitation, the risk of electric shock.
PV modules generate DC electrical energy when exposed to sunlight or other light sources. Although single modules produce only a low voltage and current, shocks and burns are still a potential hazard.
To avoid the hazard of electric shock and injury, cover all over the front surface of PV modules with a dense opaque material such as the cardboard box during installing and handling modules.
The shock hazard increases as modules are connected in parallel producing higher current. The shock hazard increases as modules are connected in series producing higher voltages.
To avoid the hazard of electric shock, work only under dry conditions, with dry module and tools.
Do not stand or step on a module to avoid the hazard of injury and the damage to a module.
Do not damage the back sheet of a module, to avoid the hazard of electric shocks and fire.
To avoid the hazard of electric shock and injury, children and unauthorized persons should not be allowed near the installation of the solar cell modules.
To avoid the hazard of electric shock and injury, be sure to ground the modules completely.
To avoid the hazard of electric shock, fire and injury, do not disassemble the module, or remove any part installed by the manufacturer.
Unauthorized persons except the qualified licensed professional should not open the cover of the junction box to avoid the hazard of electric shock.
Do not touch terminals while a module is exposed to light.
Provide suitable guards to prevent yourself contacting directly with 30 VDC or greater to avoid the hazard of electric shock or injury.
When carrying a module, two or more people should carry it by
the frame and wear
to avoid injury by a slipping module to
a foot or cuts by the edge of a frame, and so on.
Do not carry a module by wire or junction box to avoid the hazard of electric shock and injury or any troubles in a module, which it may cause.
Do not drop anything on the surfaces of module, to avoid the hazard of electric shock, injury.
To avoid the hazard of electric shock and fire, be sure that other system components do not cause any hazard of any mechanical or electrical nature to the module.
Since sparks may be generated, do not install module where flammable gases or vapors are present.
Never leave a module unsupported or unsecured. Do not drop module and do not allow objects to fall on module to avoid the hazard of injury or any troubles in modules that it may cause.
Do not use or install broken modules to avoid the hazard of electric shock and injury.
Do not artificially concentrate sunlight on module to avoid the hazard of fire or any trouble.
Do not touch the Junction box terminals to avoid the hazard of electric shock and injury.
Do not change wiring of bypass diodes to avoid the hazard of electric shock and injury.
CAUTIONS
Use module for its intended function only.
Do not treat the back sheet and front surface with paint or adhesives to avoid any troubles.
1 | Printed in Europe 20.10.2006 |
