Fuel Cell Power Management

A fuel cell power management system, comprising:

• a plurality of fuel cells stacked in series and having a first extreme end at one end of the stack and a second extreme end at the opposite end of the stack, the plurality of fuel cells configured to produce electric potentials, wherein an electric potential of a fuel cell is measured as a fuel cell voltage;
• and
• a ground connection point located at the first extreme end of the stack;
• an extreme connection point located at the second extreme end of the stack and configured to draw a total voltage based on the combined fuel cell voltages between the ground connection point and the extreme connection point;
• a first connection point located along the stack between the ground connection point and the extreme connection point and configured to draw a first voltage based on the combined fuel cell voltages between the ground connection point and the first connection point;
• a second connection point located along the stack between the first connection point and the extreme connection point and configured to draw a second voltage based on the combined fuel cell voltages between the ground connection point and the second connection point;
• wherein the second connection point and the extreme connection point are both connected to a shared device to selectively provide a second voltage or a total voltage to the shared device;
• and
• wherein the current produced by each cell within the stack is determined by the current withdrawn from the stack at each of the connection points.