How To Wire Two Solar Panels Together

We put solar panels together to increase the solar generated power.

How to wire two solar panels together.

When you intend to wire two panels produced by different vendors the vendors are not the problem. This is the first part of our video on how to connect your panels in series and parallel. If we have two solar panels with same voltage and power the connection will be very simple. Connect all the positive terminals of all the solar panels together and all the negative terminals of all the panels together.

The problem is in different electrical characteristics of the panels together with different performance degradation. The video will go over the basic installation and can apply directl. Both have their own purpose and applications and both have different outcomes when hooking up solar panels of different wattage together. To have a functional solar pv system you need to wire the panels together to create an electrical circuit through which current will flow and you also need to wire the panels to the inverter that will convert the dc power produced by the panels to ac power that can be used in your home and sent to the grid.

Firstly lets take a look at connecting solar panels in series. Solar panels are usually connected in series to obtain higher output voltage. So if you connect two solar panels with a rated voltage of 40 volts and a rated amperage of 5 amps in series the voltage of the series would be 80 volts while the amperage would remain at 5 amps. During shading night when there is no generating power from solar panels the battery stored energy will be used as a backup power and it.

When solar panels are wired in series the voltage of the panels adds together but the amperage remains the same. As clearly visible in the picture it will be enough to wire the positive pole of one panel to the positive pole of the other one and then wire the negative pole of one panel to the negative pole of the other one. Wiring solar panels in a parallel circuit.