01 The Problem
The Risk
Floating solar (over-water PV) combiner boxes face humidity + salt spray + solar radiation.
Detection Gap
Joint degradation triggers DC arc faults that ignite immediately — fires on water are exponentially harder to fight.
AUO — Floating Solar Panels & DC Combiner Box
Floating solar (over-water PV) combiner boxes face humidity + salt spray + solar radiation.
02 The OctosX Solution
Sensor & Edge
Thermalpas IP68 sensors on every fuse holder and DC breaker.
Cloud Logic & Alerting
OctosX Cloud integrates weather API (temperature + humidity + irradiance), using AI to distinguish "normal load heat" from "fault heat".
03 The Outcome
Field Detection
At AUO's Changbin floating PV site, 200 combiner boxes were instrumented.
Quantified Impact
Over 3 years, 8 joint degradations were caught pre-arc, averting at least 1 water-borne fire (NT$ 20M+ including emergency response and environmental cleanup).
See it in your plant
Could this case be your plant?
Tell us about your facility — busbars, motors, panels, coal blowers, chillers, whatever your highest-risk thermal interface is — and we'll show you what an OctosX deployment would look like.