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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsFumitaka Toyomura, Tatsuo Fujisaki, Yoshitaka Nagao, Shigenori Itoyama
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For facilitating work and improving durability of a grounding conductor without a need for preparation of a separate grounding conductor for grounding a solar cell array, a solar cell array is provided comprising a plurality of solar cell modules each comprising a solar cell element and an electroconductive outer portion, the plurality of solar cell modules being electrically connected by an electric wire, wherein the electric wire has a plurality of cores, at least one of the cores being connected to an electric connection portion for leading a power of the solar cell elements out and at least one of the cores being connected to a grounding portion.
A solar cell array comprising a plurality of solar cell modules each comprising a solar cell element and an electroconductive outer portion, the plurality of solar cell modules being electrically connected by an electric wire, wherein the electric wire has a plurality of cores, at least one of the cores being connected to an electric connection portion for leading the power of the solar cell elements out and at least one of the cores being electrically connected to and in conduction with a grounding portion.
A method of constructing a photovoltaic power generation apparatus by connecting a plurality of solar cell modules, each comprising a solar cell element and an electroconductive outer portion, through an electric wire having a plurality of cores to compose a solar cell array, and by further connecting the solar cell array to a connection box or an inverter by the electric wire, the method comprising the step of connecting at least one of the cores to an electric connection portion for leading the power of the solar cell elements out and the step of electrically connecting at least one of the cores to a grounding portion so as to be in conduction with said grounding portion.
A solar cell module comprising a solar cell elements an electroconductive outer portion, an electric wire, and a member having arranged therein an electric connection portion for leading the power of the solar cell element out and a grounding portion, wherein the electric wire has a plurality of cores, at least one of the cores being connected to the electric connection portion and at least one of the cores being electrically connected to and in conduction with the grounding portion.
A method of producing a solar cell module comprising a solar cell element, an electroconductive outer portion, and an electric wire, comprising the steps of:
A solar cell module comprising a solar cell element, an electroconductive outer portion, and an electric wire with a plurality of cores having a module connector at an end portion thereof, at least one of the cores being connected to an electric connection portion for leading the power of the solar cell element out, at least one of the cores being electrically connected to and in conduction with a grounding portion, wherein the module connector has a plurality of poles each electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of cores such that when the module connector is engaged with an outer connector, at least one of the plurality of poles of the module connector in conduction via a corresponding one of the plurality of cores with the grounding portion is connected to a corresponding one pole of the outer connector, and then the other of the plurality of poles of the module connector in conduction via a corresponding one of the plurality of cores with the electric connection portion is connected to a corresponding one pole of the outer connector.
A solar cell module comprising a solar cell element, an electroconductive outer portion, and an electric wire with a plurality of cores having a connector at an end portion thereof, at least one of the cores being connected to an electric connection portion for leading the power of the solar cell element out, at least one of the cores being electrically connected to and in conduction with a grounding portion, wherein the connector has a plurality of poles of different thicknesses.
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