How To Hook Up Multiple Solar Panels

The first way i am going to talk about is parallel because this is probably the most common way that panels will be connected.

How to hook up multiple solar panels. For more information visit the page how to wire solar panels in parallel. You want to make sure you get a charge controller that is big enough to regulate the total volume of solar panels you ve had installed on your house. When you connect the positive terminal of one panel to the negative terminal of another panel you create a series connection. Then an equal string needs to be created and paralleled.

In general you simply have to obtain a charge controller that is able to handle the number of solar panels you have on your home. The parallel connection allows to increase the current keeping the same voltage. To wire two or more solar panels and batteries in parallel simply connect the positive terminal of solar panel or battery to the positive terminal of solar panel or battery and vise versa respectively as shown in the fig below. If we have two or more solar panels with the same voltage but with different current it is not possible to wire them in series.

When you connect two or more solar panels like this it becomes a pv source circuit. For this example i am showing you connecting panels that are for a 12 volt system. Parallel series and a combination of parallel and series. How to wire solar panels in parallel place the panels close to each other and oriented to the sun at the same angle check that the panels do not shade each other and that they are far from possible causes of shading choose an appropriate section of the electrical cable according to the.

There are 3 ways to connect solar panels. One positive and one negative. 4 panels in series needs to be parallel with another 4 panels in series or there will be some serious power loss. Just like a battery solar panels have two terminals.

You can see more in the example below.