How To Connect Two Solar Panels Together

If you however need to get higher current you should connect your panels in parallel.

How to connect two solar panels together.

Connecting two solar panels in parallel. Parallel series and a combination of parallel and series. For this example i am showing you connecting panels that are for a 12 volt system. For more information visit the page how to wire solar panels in parallel.

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. Nonetheless it is possible to wire them in parallel. Wiring solar panels in a parallel circuit connect all the positive terminals of all the solar panels together and all the negative terminals of all the panels together. The parallel connection allows to increase the current keeping the same voltage.

Connect the negatives to the negatives and positives to the positives. 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. Maximum rated current 5 8a. You connect solar panels in series when you want to get a higher voltage.

The first way i am going to talk about is parallel because this is probably the most common way that panels will be connected. There are 3 ways to connect solar panels. For example our 115w sunpower solar blanket has the following ratings. If both panels are rated at the same maximum voltage then you ll get maximum output.

Wiring solar panels in parallel implies connecting positive terminals of each panel together and wiring the negative terminals of each panel together as well.