How To Tie Solar Panels Together

The solar panels are usually designed that they can handle being backfed from one panel but if you have a whole bunch you do run the risk of ruining your solar panel.

How to tie solar panels together.

Wire the solar panel. You will see a symbol that looks like a triangle pointing down at a horizontal line. Use cable clips to secure wiring from solar panels and micro inverters power optimizers. If we have two solar panels with same voltage and power the connection will be very simple.

You do not want to wire more than 2 panels in parallel using couplers because this does not give you over current protection between the two panels. At the back sides of the solar panel a small junction box is there with a positive and negative sign for polarity. This power inverter converts the solar energy into energy that is consumable at home. Match the solar panel holes with the stand platform holes and screw them together.

The set up is fairly straightforward and will vary slightly based on the individual energy systems that you are using. The white line is the negative connection all 3 panel negative wires are just simply tied together and to the wire that runs back to the negative connection on the charge controller. When solar panels are wired in parallel the positive terminal from one panel is connected to the positive terminal of another panel and the negative terminals of the two panels are connected together. In a large size solar panel this junction box has terminal wires with mc4 connector but for small size panel you have to connect the junction box with external wires.

Connect the solar panels either directly to a power inverter and then connect it to the home grid or connect the inverter to the battery and then to the home power grid. The positive wires are connected to a positive connector within a combiner box and the negative wires are connected to the negative connector. You simply need to do some research and purchase a controller that is capable of handling both systems. Just like a typical battery you may be familiar with solar panels have positive and negative terminals.

Do not allow exposed wiring to make contact with the roof surface. Connecting in series means joining the positive terminal of a solar panel to the negative terminal of the next solar panel until eventually you are left with one free positive and one free negative terminal of the array which are to be connected to the input either of the inverter in case of a grid tied system without a battery backup or the charge controller in case of a grid tied system with a battery backup or off grid solar panel system. Wind generators and solar panels can be hooked up together through the same wiring system. Connecting solar panels in series.

The clips should hold the wires in place during strong winds.