SERIAL CONNECTION APPRATUS, AND BATTERY CHARGE/DISCHARGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME

A serial connection apparatus includes a connector group including first to mconnector modules, each of which includes a first connector and a second connector, and a wire bundle. The first connector of the first connector module is connected to a first power terminal of a charge/discharge unit. The second connector of the mconnector module is connected to a second power terminal of the charge/discharge unit. The second connector of a jconnector module (j is a natural number less than m) is connected to the first connector of a (j+1)connector module via the wire bundle. When an icell slot (i is a natural number of m or less) is empty, the first connector of an iconnector module is electrically connected to the second connector of the iconnector module via the wire bundle.