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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Rahul Natwar Goyal, Tyrone, GA (US);
Rahul Natwar Goyal, Tyrone, GA (US);
Cooper Technologies Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A solar power system may include a combiner module, one or more rows of solar panels connected to the combiner module, and one or more wiring circuits connecting the one or more rows of solar panels to the combiner module. Each circuit may include an inter-module wiring arrangement that connects individual solar panels to each other in series, and a return wiring arrangement that connects the inter-module wiring arrangement to the combiner module. Each inter-module wiring arrangement may be arranged such that at least some solar panels are wired to other solar panels in the same row in a substantially alternating manner, such that non-adjacent solar panels in the same row are wired directly in series to each other. This arrangement may reduce the total length of harness wires needed to connect the one or more panel rows to the combiner box, as compared with conventional wiring schemes.