High Voltage Arc Resistance to Ignition (HVAR) - UL 746
The number of seconds that a material resists ignition when subjected to a high voltage low current arcing source.
Performance Level Categories (PLC) were introduced to avoid excessive implied precision and bias.
| Mean Time to Ignition (sec) |
PLC |
| 300 and longer |
0 |
| 120 through 299 |
1 |
| 30 through 119 |
2 |
| <30 |
3 |
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