System and method for a photovoltaic system programmable dynamic circuit breaker

A system, the system comprising:

• a smart dynamic programmable circuit breaker for electrically providing a pulsed 100 microseconds duration short circuit to a set of photovoltaic system electrical outputs,
• wherein a response time for the smart dynamic programmable circuit breaker is more than 1 millisecond when responding to a short circuit;
• and
• a processor in data communication with a computer readable medium containing a computer program comprising instructions that when executed by the processor perform functions that control the smart dynamic programmable circuit breaker, the computer program comprising:
• instructions to command the smart dynamic programmable circuit breaker to initiate the 100 microsecond pulsed short circuit on electrical outputs of the smart photovoltaic system;
• instructions to measure a current magnitude and current rise time of the smart photovoltaic system outputs during the 100 microsecond pulsed short circuit;
• and
• instructions to select a behavior curve from a plurality of smart dynamic programmable circuit breaker behavior curves 10% above the current magnitude and current rise time during the pulsed short circuit, that most closely matches the measured magnitude and current rise time of the photovoltaic system during the pulsed short circuit.