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US 2014/0090866 A1Published application
Wiring combiner box
AssigneeSunLink Corporation
InventorsDaniel Wylder Sherwood, Dan Alexander Morales, Jaquelyn H. Miyatake
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Abstract
A wiring combiner box for combining wires from photovoltaic panels includes a fuse block mounted to a side wall of an enclosure. This construction design allows for combiner boxes to be manufactured in a more narrow enclosure, and also makes it easier to connect the solar panel circuit conductors to the fuse terminal inputs, as the fuse terminal inputs are now more visible.
Claims9
A wiring combiner box comprising:
- an enclosure having a back plate support and a side wall;
- a fuse block mounted to the side wall of the enclosure;
- and
- an opening for receiving wires from photovoltaic panels.
1 more element
A wiring combiner box comprising:
- an enclosure comprising a back plate support and a side wall, wherein the side wall is perpendicular to the back plate support;
- a fuse block mounted to the side wall of the enclosure;
- an opening in the enclosure for receiving wires from photovoltaic panels;
- electrical components mounted to the back plate support;
- the wires connected to fuses in the fuse block;
- and
- a conductor with a right angle bend attached to the fuse block to connect the additional electrical components mounted on the back plate to the wires attached to the fuse block.
4 more elements
A method of combining wires from different photovoltaic panels, the method comprising:
- routing the wires into a wiring combiner box enclosure;
- and
- attaching the wires to a fuse block mounted on a side wall, the fuse block mounted perpendicular to a back plate support of the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.