Bourns Photovoltaic (gPV) power fuse

Bourns POWrFuseh high-power fuse product line is pleased to debut the first two series of the POWrFuse™ high-power fuse product families, which are high power rating, industrial fuse links designed to UL 248 and IEC 60269 standards.

These new Photovoltaic power fuses are designed to meet UL 248-19 (PF-E and PF-H(gPV) series) and IEC 60269-6 (PF-H(gPV) series) requirements to protect solar photovoltaic power systems under extreme ambient temperatures, high-cycling and low-level fault current conditions. These new model families are intended for use in a variety of photovoltaic power installations, industrial and battery management systems applications.

Bourns® POWrFuse™ high-power fuses are RoHS compliant* and halogen free**

Features

• Designed to UL 248-19 (PF-E and PF-H(gPV) series) and IEC 60269-6 (PF-H(gPV) series)
• Photovoltaic fuse standards
• Fast-acting protection under fault current
• Low resistance and power loss
• Up to 20kA (PF-E) or 150kA (PF-H(gPV)) interrupting rating
• Operating temperature range: from -55 to +125°C
• Ferrule and PCB mounting options
• RoHS compliant* and halogen free**

Applications

• Solar combiner boxes and inverters
• Battery charge controllers
• Solar string protectors
• Power supplies
• Desktop meters

_{* RoHS Directive 2015/863, Mar 31, 2015 and Annex.
** Bourns considers a product to be “halogen free” if (a) the Bromine (Br) content is 900ppm or less; (b) the Chlorine (Cl) content is 900 ppm or less; and (c) the total Bromine (Br) and Chlorine (Cl) content is 1500ppm or less. “POWrFuse” is a trademark of Bourns, Inc}