{"id":1990,"date":"2020-05-20T14:36:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T14:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev106.website\/?p=1990"},"modified":"2020-09-03T13:12:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T13:12:04","slug":"helios-working-with-industry-leaders-improving-fire-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helios-om.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/20\/helios-working-with-industry-leaders-improving-fire-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Helios working with industry leaders to improve fire safety of PV systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1990\" class=\"elementor elementor-1990\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8eed96d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8eed96d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d41efdc\" data-id=\"d41efdc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e957f96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e957f96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A recent report by the BRE in to the main causes of solar related fires identified mismatched and incorrectly installed DC connectors as one of the main causes of solar PV related fires.\u00a0<\/p><p>Helios\u2019 own experience has shown that in the rush to install PV systems to meet historical feed-in-tariff deadlines, many PV systems have been installed without the necessary measures required to ensure that system owners will benefit from many years\u2019 worth of safe use of their PV systems.<\/p><p>You can see some of the impacts of mismatched and faulty connectors\u00a0<a href=\"\/index.php\/solar-panel-maintenance\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p><p>Helios, together with the Solar Trade Association, MCS Certified, RISCAuthority and James Hoare CEng FIET FEI of LHW Partnership (the UK\u2019s most senior PV technical expert) are co-developing the latest safety guidelines, from a fire prevention perspective, to ensure that PV system owners can feel confident that their rooftop solar PV systems will continue to safely generate electricity for many years to come.<\/p><p>Contact Helios today on 01525 632238 to discover the latest methods of testing and inspection to ensure that your PV system remains safe to operate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent report by the BRE in to the main causes of solar related fires identified mismatched and incorrectly installed DC connectors as one of the main causes of solar PV related fires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[25,27,29],"class_list":["post-1990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation","tag-innovation","tag-solar-energy","tag-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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