What is PD IEC TS 63209‑1 about?
PD IEC TS 63209‑1 is a multi-part series of international standards which is intended to provide information to supplement the baseline testing, which is a qualification test with pass-fail criteria.
PD IEC TS 63209‑1 provides a standardized method for evaluating longer term reliability of photovoltaic (PV) modules and for different bills of materials (BOMs) that may be used when manufacturing those modules.
PD IEC TS 63209‑1 identifies vulnerabilities without attempting to gather the information needed to make a service-life prediction, which would require identifying failure mechanisms and their dependencies ...