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New String Current Monitoring Increases Efficiency of Photovoltaic Installations

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The new Solarcheck monitoring system from Phoenix Contact is a new reliable instrument for monitoring string currents in large-scale photovoltaic installations. The easy-to-integrate system detects losses in power caused by dirty or damaged panels. This enables targeted remedial measures to be taken so as to increase system availability and thus revenues.

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Universal Temperature Transducer with Switching Outputs

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Phoenix Contact’s new universal temperature transducers belonging to the MACX Analog family of isolating amplifiers have been developed and produced in accordance with the functional safety standard in all steps of the product lifecycle. The modules include a signal input for a resistance thermometer, thermo elements, resistance-based transmitter, potentiometer, millivolt sources, as well as for customer-specific characteristics.

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