When a PV inverter with an integrated arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) is used, a serial electric arc in the PV array is detected soon enough and extinguished by an interruption of the current.
Most PV DC arc faults are series arcs across a high-resistance gap. Series arcs often show wideband current noise, typically concentrated between 1 kHz and 100 kHz, superimposed on the DC string current.