FOREWORD
1 Scope and object
2 Normative references
3 Sampling
4 Marking
5 Testing
6 Pass criteria
7 Major visual defects
8 Report
9 Modifications
10 Test procedures
10.1 Visual inspection
10.2 Maximum power determination
10.3 Insulation test
10.4 Measurement of temperature coefficients
10.5 Measurement of nominal operating cell temperature
(NOCT)
10.6 Performance at STC and NOCT
10.7 Performance at low irradiance
10.8 Outdoor exposure test
10.9 Hot-spot endurance test
10.10 UV preconditioning test
10.11 Thermal cycling test
10.12 Humidity-freeze test
10.13 Damp-heat test
10.14 Robustness of terminations test
10.15 Wet leakage current test
10.16 Mechanical load test
10.17 Hail test
10.18 Bypass diode thermal test
Annex A (informative) Changes in this second edition with
respect to the first edition of IEC 61215
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
publications with their corresponding European
publications