{"id":10219,"date":"2024-11-22T13:05:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/?p=10219"},"modified":"2024-11-22T13:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:05:45","slug":"ensuring-water-resistance-for-solar-cables-what-does-ad8-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/ensuring-water-resistance-for-solar-cables-what-does-ad8-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensuring Water Resistance for Solar Cables: What Does AD8 Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We often get asked what <strong>AD8<\/strong> protection signifies for our solar cables. Here's the short answer: All our solar cables are classified as AD8 (submersion) according to <strong>DIN VDE 0100-510<\/strong>, ensuring their suitability even in the presence of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Testing Parameters (as per EN 50525-21 Annex E):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Voltage Test: 1 kV AC in water at 50\u00b0C for over 100 days \u2013 no interruptions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insulation Tensile Strength: >7 N\/mm\u00b2 after 100 days in water at 50\u00b0C<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insulation Elongation at Break: >200% after 10 days in water at 50\u00b0C<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sheath Water Absorption: &lt;40% after 100 days in water at 50\u00b0C<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insulation Resistance: At least 10\u00b9\u00b9 \u03a9\u00b7cm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These rigorous standards ensure our cables remain durable and safe, even in demanding conditions such as total submersion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curious to learn more about AD8 classifications and protection standards for cables? Check out our detailed guide here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/blog\/\">https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/blog\/<\/a>, and find an overview of the different protection classes here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KBE-Infoblatt-Water-Resistant-Cables_DE-ENG.pdf\">https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KBE-Infoblatt-Water-Resistant-Cables_DE-ENG.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s make solar installations safer and more reliable - one cable at a time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We often get asked what AD8 protection signifies for our solar cables. Here's the short answer: All our solar cables are classified as AD8 (submersion) according to DIN VDE 0100-510, ensuring their suitability even in the presence of water. Key Testing Parameters (as per EN 50525-21 Annex E): These rigorous standards ensure our cables remain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10222,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10219\/revisions\/10222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kbe-elektrotechnik.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}