Solar energy wire harness with in-line fuses
AssigneeShoals Technologies Group, LLC
InventorDean Solon
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Abstract
A wire harness connects multiple solar panel junction boxes to a recombiner box. The wire harness includes in-line fuse assemblies, with optional blocking diodes, so each string of solar panels is associated with one fuse. In the event of a blown fuse, only one upstream solar panel string is affected. Entire wire harnesses and/or individual in-line fuse assemblies can be easily swapped out, thereby decreasing the time and expense of troubleshooting and repairing.
Claims19
1) A wire harness for high voltage, low current power, said wire harness including:
- a) photovoltaic wire;
- b) a plurality of in-line fuse assemblies connected to said photovoltaic wire;
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- c) a plurality of joints separating said in-line fuse assemblies one-from-another.
9) A wiring arrangement for solar power installations, said arrangement including:
- a) a solar panel;
- b) a junction box in communication with said solar panel;
- c) a wire harness in communication with, and downstream of, said junction box, said wire harness including a plurality of in-line fuses;
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- d) a recombiner box in communication with, and downstream of, said wire harness.
16) A method of wiring a solar panel, said method including the acts of:
- a) plugging a plurality of wire harness input branches into an equal number of junction boxes, each of said junction boxes in communication with a solar panel;
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- b) plugging at least one wire harness output trunk into a recombiner box, where the number of trunks equals the number of wire harnesses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.