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

Claim 13:
14. A method of operation of a solar power generation system comprising a plurality of solar panels organized in sub-groups interconnected in series by single electrical conductors extending between the sub-groups, the method comprising:
interrupting the single electrical conduction paths with a plurality of cut-off devices, wherein each of the plurality of cut-off devices is separate from the plurality of solar panels and 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;
controlling the connecting and disconnecting of the sub-groups by 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; and
deactivating the cut-off devices to open-circuit a connection of the corresponding sub-group by the power source being removed from the power supply input.