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US 6,351,130 B1Granted
Device for testing solar home systems
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Foschung E.V.
InventorsKlaus Preiser, Jérôme Kuhmann
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AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Foschung E.V.
InventorsKlaus Preiser, Jérôme Kuhmann
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The invention relates to a device for testing solar home systems including at least one of each of the following components: a photovoltaic solar generator, a battery, a charge controller and a load. According to the invention, connecting means are provided. These enable the device to be connected to the at least one charge controller, the at least one charge controller having been uncoupled from the other components; to the at least one solar generator, to the at least one battery and to the at least one load. The device also includes testing means with which all the components can be tested individually and within their typical operational connections to each other in order to determine the parameters and states which are characteristic to the operativeness of the solar home system being tested. Display means for displaying the parameters and states that are tested are also provided. The inventive device enables less qualified employees to reliably test solar power installations with all the components which are interconnected on an interruptible bridge since the device is easy to connect to all the components in their entirety using the connecting means and since the test can be carried out automatically without manual intervention in connections of the solar power installation.
A device for checking at least one solar installation, said at least one solar installation having at least one photovoltaic solar generator, at least one battery, at least one charge controller, at least one load, and a connecting rail accepting a bridge and interconnecting the at least one photovoltaic solar generator, the at least one battery, the at least one charge controller and the at least one load, said connecting rail including assigned socket terminal strips and always being electrically interrupted during testing at the location for connecting to the bridge, said device comprising:
A solar power test system for testing a solar installation including:
A test system for checking components of a solar installation comprising:
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