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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
That is the only explanation that I have seen reported. How else could a solar panel cause a fire?
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Cells short out burn up the epoxy and plastic backing. Saw this a lot more about 10 years ago with built your own panel kits.
Or get an arc between 2 DC wires with a potential difference of a few hundred volts.
Failure of a panel optimizer.
Water intrusion.
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