A switch box includes a relay transistor circuit connecting a pair of batteries in parallel, and an breaker circuit that breaks the relay transistor circuit when a sign of a potential difference between a potential of at least one of the pair of batteries connected to the relay transistor circuit and a predetermined reference potential is reversed with respect to the sign of the potential difference in which the batteries are correctly connected.
1. A switch box comprising:
a relay transistor circuit configured to connect a pair of batteries in parallel; and
a breaker circuit configured to break the relay transistor circuit when a sign of a potential difference between a potential of at least one of the pair of batteries connected to the relay transistor circuit and a predetermined reference potential is reversed with respect to the sign of the potential difference in which the batteries are correctly connected,
wherein the relay transistor circuit includes a pair of N-channel MOSFETs having source terminals connected back to back,
wherein the breaker circuit includes a short-circuiting circuit that short-circuits the source terminal and a gate terminal of each of the N-channel MOSFETs, and
wherein the short-circuiting circuit includes a short-circuiting N-channel MOSFET connected serially between the source terminal and the gate terminal of each of the N-channel MOSFETs, and having a gate terminal set at the reference potential.
2. The switch box according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an off circuit configured to apply a high level voltage to the gate terminal of the short-circuiting N-channel MOSFET so as to switch off the N-channel MOSFETs included in the relay transistor circuit, based on an all-off control signal from outside.
3. The switch box according to claim 2 , wherein
the reference potential is set to a ground potential.
4. The switch box according to claim 2 , wherein
the pair of N-channel MOSFETs have gate terminals commonly connected, and
the short-circuiting circuit is commonly connected to the N-channel MOSFETs included in each of the relay transistor circuits, and short-circuits the source terminal and the gate terminal of each of the N-channel MOSFETs simultaneously.
5. The switch box according to claim 1 , wherein
the reference potential is set to a ground potential.
6. The switch box according to claim 1 , wherein
the pair of N-channel MOSFETs have gate terminals commonly connected,
the relay transistor circuit includes a plurality of pairs of relay transistor circuits provided in parallel between the pair of batteries, and
the short-circuiting circuit is commonly connected to the N-channel MOSFETs included in each of the relay transistor circuits, and short-circuits the source terminal and the gate terminal of each of the N-channel MOSFETs simultaneously.