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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2010
Takahisa Matsuo, Izumisano, JP;
Shuhei Nishikawa, Kaizuka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sekine, Izumisano, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Abstract
A photovoltaic power generating device comprising a current collecting box side detector for detecting a ground fault in each of the photovoltaic strings, a switch disposed in correspondence to each of the photovoltaic strings and interposed between the photovoltaic string and a connecting cable, a current collecting box including a control unit providing an on/off control of the switch according to the detection result from the detector, a detector that detects a ground fault in a connecting cable between the current collecting box and the power conditioner, a switch interposed between the connecting cable and the inverter, and a power conditioner including a control unit providing an on/off control of the switch according to the detection result from the detector.