How To Connect 2 Solar Panels Together

Parallel series and a combination of parallel and series.

How to connect 2 solar panels together.

If you had 4 solar panels in parallel and each was rated at 12 volts and 5 amps the entire array would be 12 volts at 20 amps. If we have two solar panels with same voltage and power the connection will be very simple. When you are looking to connect solar panels produced by different manufacturers together the problem does not come from different manufacturing styles or cell type it comes from the electrical characteristics of the solar panels. There are two ways to wire up 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. The parallel connection allows to increase the current keeping the same voltage. If both panels are rated at the same maximum voltage then you ll get maximum output. Connect the negatives to the negatives and positives to the positives.

For example our 115w sunpower solar blanket has the following ratings. Connecting solar panels in parallel wiring solar panels in parallel implies connecting positive terminals of each panel together and wiring the negative terminals of each panel together as well. There are 3 ways to connect solar panels. 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.

Connecting two solar panels in parallel. For this example i am showing you connecting panels that are for a 12 volt system. 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. Nonetheless it is possible to wire them in parallel.

There are two main types of connecting solar panels in series or in parallel. If you however need to get higher current you should connect your panels in parallel. For more information visit the page how to wire solar panels in parallel. You connect solar panels in series when you want to get a higher voltage.

Wiring solar panels in a parallel circuit. Watts volts and amps. Maximum rated voltage 19 8v. 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.

Connect all the positive terminals of all the solar panels together and all the negative terminals of all the panels together.