Morningstar Ground Fault Protection Device - 150V
Description
Morningstar Regulator Ground Fault Protection
Morningstar Ground Fault Protection – GFPD 150V
Maximum Input Voltage: 150V (VOC)
Features: Detects and Isolates Earth Leakages Faults from Solar Array up to 150V | Complies with Clean Energy Council Regulations | Compatible with other supplier’s PV Regulators and Inverters
Warranty: 5 Years
Date Sheet: Morningstar GFPD Specs PDF
Manufacturers Website: http://www.morningstarcorp.com
Who is Morningstar?
Established in 1993, Morningstar has been a leading supplier of off-grid solar controllers and inverters with products that are used in a wide variety of off-grid solar applications. Morningstar ‘s Professional Series™ serves global industrial applications such as Telecommunications, Oil & Gas, Commercial Lighting, Monitoring/Surveillance, Traffic, and Railroad. Morningstar’s Essential Series™ serves consumer applications including Residential, Rural Electrification, Boating, and RV-Caravan. Over three million Morningstar products have been installed in over 112 countries around the world. Our products exceed all other PV controllers & inverters for protection against extreme environments, corrosion, lightning surges and harsh ambient operating temperatures (common to remote PV systems) all while delivering more than twice the industry’s average operating life.
For over 25 years, Morningstar has not changed its ownership, management or strategy, helping to build trusted and long term relationships among its employees, customers and suppliers. As a pioneer in the way Morningstar values employees, the company is employee-owned. Our employees are passionate and dedicated to the long-term success of photovoltaics, earth’s sustainability and serving our customers for the long-term.
Simple, Flexible Installation
• Works with both positive and negative grounded PV systems
• Accommodates large and small arrays, providing greater design
flexibility
• Supports both single controller and multiple controller systems
Multiple controllers and GFPDs can be added on an as-needed basis
• Side or below flush mounting with coupling hardware included
• DC Powered via the PV system’s battery
• Includes pre-wired feedback signal harness and fused battery cable
for power
• Simple and Flexible Installation
• Greater Sensitivity
• No Fuses
• Safety Features
Greater Sensitivity
• More precise than fused ground fault protection
• Activates starting at 300mA, compared to at 1A (more typical for
other types)
• Sensing device provides consistent, accurate measurement
Safety Features
• Completely isolates the ground fault from the controller,
battery and loads
• Disconnects both the positive and negative conductors
and completely isolates PV source circuits during a fault
condition, breaking the connection to the array
• Leaves the battery and DC loads grounded under all
conditions, compared to other types which require a warning
label on the battery to note that “dangerous voltages are
present.” All loads will continue to operate safely with the
battery remaining bonded to the ground
• Features audible and visual alarm indicators
• Includes push-button test circuit
Superior fuse-less protection
• Uses high quality breakers instead of fuses, which can be easily
reset after a ground fault event
• Eliminates the problem of fuse replacement at remote sites
More effective bond-to-earth grounding
• Normally grounded components (conductors, controller,
battery and DC loads) will not be left floating
• Avoids problems of other ground fault protection options,
which can allow the battery and load to float to PV array
voltages in relation to ground
Electrical
Maximum Solar Voltage (Voc) 150V 600V
Maximum Solar Current 85A 50A
Supply Voltage Range 10-72 Vdc
Self-Consumption <0.5W
Ground Fault Threshold Current 300 mA +/- 10%
Number of Poles 2
Trip Method Relay
Output Trip Signal 12V
Nominal System Voltage 12, 24, 36 or 48 Vdc
Mechanical
Dimensions: 26.9 x 12.8 x 11.2 cm
10.6 x 5.1 x 4.4 in
35.7 x 22.1 x 10.6 cm
14.1 x 8.7 x 4.2 in
Weight 2.0 kg / 4.4 lbs 4.4 kg / 8.9 lbs
Mounting Post DIN- and Panel-Mount Options
Terminal Up to 13 mm2 / 6 AWG
Environmental
Ambient Temperature: –40°C to +50°C –40°C to +60°C
Storage Temperature –55°C to +85°C –55°C to +85°C
Humidity Up to 100%, non-condensing
Tropicalization PCB Conformal Coating