Patent ID: 11929607
Assignee: MONITEK, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A solar power generation system, comprising:
a plurality of solar panels organized in sub-groups interconnected in series, wherein the sub-groups are interconnected in series by single electrical conductors extending between the sub-groups;
a plurality of cut-off devices separate from the plurality of solar panels, wherein each of the plurality of cut-off devices is configured to interrupt only a single corresponding one of the single electrical conductors to prevent conduction of current and summation of voltage between a pair of the sub-groups interconnected by the corresponding one of the single electrical conductors, and wherein individual ones of the plurality of cut-off devices are only connected to the plurality of solar panels by a single pair of connections made to corresponding ones of a corresponding pair of the sub-groups that are interconnected by the individual cut-off devices, so that any one of the cut-off devices is only connected by a single connection to any one of the plurality of solar panels, and so that the individual cut-off devices do not receive both of a power connection and an associated return connection from the plurality of solar panels; and
a master control unit having at least one power supply output coupled to the plurality of cut-off devices and a power supply input receiving a power source independent of an output of the plurality of solar panels, wherein the cut-off devices are de-activated to open-circuit a connection of the corresponding sub-group when the power source is removed from the power supply input.