How To Wire Solar Panels In Series vs Parallel (For Beginners)

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[@angiefurst]

Finally, a video I could understand. Thank you.

[@KentsWatching]

Most helpful video i've seen so far on series/ parallel comparisons . Helped me to get the theory down pat. Thanks tremendously.

[@fb510m]

Im a beginner. This was EXCELLENT video explanation for me; thank you!!!

[@workinghands1805]

Thank the Lord!!!! You made this video!!! My wife and I where connecting everything we have 10 panels 👀🤣 and we where using y splits

[@jacquelineMeyers-is1zz]

Know how you feel, I'm about to start buying what i need, and nearly paralyzed trying to move on it.

[@bentleybrissett6770]

Thanks man you answer my question. Very very good instructor Have a good day.

[@sherrystone5322]

GREAT explaination using real panels and solar generator and explain and actually connect them and show them and how they connect EXCELLENT!

[@badaboom7279]

Very good video and explanations for series and/or parallel connections. I'm new to solar and when people just jump into it , it can be costly and most confusing. There's nowhere really to go or to call to get help, so KZbin is where I go but it takes forever to find the video demo that answers my exact issue(s). This is one of the best videos on the 'tube I've seen so far. Good teacher, too. But one thing, check your audio levels before uploading to youTube. Using the camera mic or the phone mic just doesn't do the best job. Use an external mic or a wireless mic for better quality sound. Nonetheless, good video, bro. I'm a fan.

[@solutions2exist556]

It would have been nice to have shown four or three panels wired ALL in parallel which would have made this video complete and knocked the subject over the home run fence in center field. Certainly, you did a great job. Thanks. Advantages and disadvantages?

[@offgridstores]

You shouldn't really need that many panels in parallel. Series is better!

[@michaelcarman4875]

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[@POW2000]

So I have the Delta Max plus (4) 200 W panels. I was thinking to wire 2 panels + 2 panels in series and then those pairs in parallel...would this be a good or do you recommend a better way?

[@DragonPilot]

Nice video. I'm going to be plugging in to a Rover 40A MPPT charge controller. It does not have receptacles for the MC4 connectors. How do I plug in to the controller? Do I clip off the MC4s and strip the wires and stick them into the P1 and P2 receptacles? UPDATE: Nevermind. The charge controller is set up to receive stripped wires.

[@ChefCrys01]

Simple and easy to understand. Thanks.

[@mwilson772]

Tytyty I’m installing mine by myself an had a lot of questions! I feel confident now!

[@emmaohiagu6064]

Good video, well explained. But my question is, What are the advantages and disadvantages of Series and parallel?

[@shonahale9081]

Awesome just a beginner and like the rest brilliant tutorials

[@emmanuelsalako7370]

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[@justsotactical3690]

You explain it really wells, great video thanks

[@RobertBrown-mc8kj]

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[@jonas_1996]

NIce video, the best I saw so far

[@isdclarke]

Very helpful and clear information. Thank you!

[@jamesamotouru5341]

Honestly am loving these. Kudos

[@noahriding5780]

Out of doing series vs parralel wiring, will the performance and outcome of energy gains be the same ? Or not? I mean... it should be the same. Energy X + Energy X = 2x. But is there a performance or efficiency difference in how it feels or ' which seems to work better'?

[@davidhache5081]

That helped me a lot. It's apparently hard to get to 500w with a 60v limit but at least now I'm charging by more then double what I was getting before in parallel

[@pty_foto]

Thank You 🙏 it is kind of hard to find reliable sources.. 🙌

[@alexhunter304]

Thank you so much for this video! If you or somebody reading this could answer my question... do the negative and positive wires have to be the same length? I'll be fitting 3 on my van and one of the cables will have to travel further to reach the inlet. Would that cause any problems?

[@lucianosantucci108]

Excellent presentation- thank you. 👍

[@sesurin]

Great Video. Looking forward to trying both setups.

[@gohan3243]

For parallel connection the mc4 must have a built in blocking diode

[@dhexdev7417]

Loud and clear, thanks!

[@doncoday4775]

Thank you very informative.ill make sure to catch your videos.like I day thank you.👍

[@jer5859]

Thank you for helping me understand this.

[@User-w7ckl]

Great video, very well explained! Newbie question here. I got 2 portable panels, from different brands though and different power ratings as well as voltages. My charger is a very capable MPPT 40 amp, so I'm not worried about its input. Do you suggest to connect the 2 units in parallel or in series ?

[@timdougall5415]

Thank you for the video. I have just built a carport and because of the roof dimensions I have bought seven panels for the roof. The arrangement will be one row of seven in portrait. I have not really thought about inverter or the wiring yet but from your video it appears that having an odd number of panels will cause me some problems. Do you think that I will have to wire all the panels up in parallel?

[@ssmarsch]

Thank you for explaining this all so well!!!

[@desharma90]

Can both the 4 in series and paralell both charge a 12V battery? Or is a 24V battery bank needed?

[@lawmoments]

Do you know if you can series different brands/types of solar panels?

[@jackvanbourgondien7349]

You really made this easy, Thanks

[@talfineberg]

Great explanations, just what i wanted.

[@BombaBlogs]

great explination! thank you so much!

[@martinneosel3403]

One thing that wasn't clarified is what connectors are on the ends of the cable I need to connect 2 panels in series? Would it have 2 IP68 connectors on each end or 2 MC4 connectors or what?

[@fredacuneo5180]

Perfect. Excellent. Thanks!

[@maxbiagi3091]

Nice info. thx. i just buy Longi 555Wp but the cables in the backside not show, Wich one is + and -. :/ so male Always +?

[@VEEGEE_]

What if I have 3 Panels 45VOC ,10A ...and Can I connect 2 In Parallel And Remaining 1 in Series... Can That Parallely Added Amps Can Go through the 3rd Series panel? Is it correct?

[@VEEGEE_]

Can we connect if we had odd number of panels... Like 5 strings of parallel 2 panels (Total 10 panels) and connect that 5 strings in series and last 1 panel also in series to the 5 strings?? Is it correct??

[@offgridstores]

When doing parallel circuits you want to have equal panels in each. So with 3 panels you want to do those 3 in series if you can. If not you can buy a 4th and do two sets of 2 panels in series parallel

[@rockygrindstaff7312]

Thank you! Great video

[@Nerkumsized]

Hey folks .. I believe Im past the beginners stage of solar , though im still wanting to get things right the first time .. Some comfirmation on my question would be much appreciated .. 9 x 200w ( 40voc) panels - all in series . 360v and say 1800w Disconnect the 9th panel and parallel it with the 8th panel 320v and 1800w Im guessing the overall amps would increase only slightly because the 8th and 9th are paralled .. Could this cause any issues with voltage and amperage inconsistancies ? Is it worth it ? Can i continue adding paralled cells to all the other cells to double the amp output ? They will all be fused pairs . I have a shading issues for the reason for wanting to do this . Thanks in advance 😊

[@mperson91]

Does the sequence of the + to - matter? Can I connect the 1st panel to the third etc.. and have the 2 output wires come out from the middle panels instead of the 1st one on the left and the last one on the right?

[@martipetdebullar9658]

In series and parallel which is now the best to use? I have two panels of 430Volt 10amps of 24volt inverter or 12 volt inverter. The panel produce 38volt each given 28volt inside charge controller for one. If I connect in series I will have 76volt, is it not too much for two batteries?

[@ocamp8322]

So i'm just curious. Can this set up work : 3 panels in series 3 panels in series 2 panels in series And have them linked in parallel? Not sure if I ABSOLUTELY need the same amount of panels for each series?? Other exemple : 4 panels in series 2 panels in series 2 panels in series Then all connected in Parallel ?

[@robinmuric6304]

I have 10 200w panels and a 100v control panel and a 8000w inverter. How would I hook this up?

[@CuriousCyclist]

I learned the word finagle. 😅 Thanks for the video anyway. Good stuff.

[@faronsquare4911]

Awesome content! Thank you 👍💯

[@davidaustin9700]

Dumb beginner question, is the total KWh of power captured less with either serial or parallel set up?

[@Damian-xc7km]

Newbie here...why are we using the VoC and ISC to calculate instead of VMP and IMP? VOC ×ISC don't Equal to the total wattage of the panels so is there a reason for using those numbers?

[@fb510m]

Im locked up on how long of a run this wire is good fore before there is voltage drop? How is wire size calculated for various # of panels?

[@NWcpl]

can you do just 2 panels 1s1p? because the amp or voc are to high to run series? I'm new sorry if its a dumb question

[@PreparelikeJoseph]

I’m trying to do 2s2p with 4 250 watt panels. Open circuit voltage 37.6 each. I know I need some sort of branch connectors and 20 ft extension cable but I can’t figure out the gauge of extension wire I need

[@mickeyrizo2071]

Great explanation. Good music.

[@johnmiller376]

You are confusing me because according to the Ecoflow website, the Delta 2 Max can only accept 60 volts dc. I have purchased 4 ecoflow 100 watt rigid panels. According to the solar panel specs they have a voltage open circuit of 18.6. I would rather wire them in series but that VOC number would be 74.4 volts. If I were to wire them parallel the voltage would be 37.2. 400 watts divided by 37.2 volts is 10.75 Amps. That would be in spec according to ecoflow.

[@DavidJ-kc4cz]

Newbie question. If I have 4x100 panels being used to charge 2 12v batteries which are connected in parallel for a 12v trailer system, does it matter how the panels are configured going into the controller? Or does the controller know what the battery bank requires for voltage?

[@offgridstores]

It doesn’t matter as long as you are in the allowed input voltage of the controller. It’s the controllers job to then step the voltage down to one that is low enough to charge your battery bank

[@floridaguy1133]

I've got a delta 1300 I've got (2) 200w solar panels in series charging it would it be possible to add 2 more 200w panels and do a series parallel connection?

[@rgraz4929]

In series, you multiply the VOC but in parallel, you instead multiply the amps? So in your parallel example, each pair (in series) is 45.6V at 5.78A. Then merged with the other pair (parallel), your final result is 45.6V at 11.56A? So either way, the wattage turns out to be the same. It's just a matter of staying under the power station's max volts and amps. For instance, a Delta 2 has max solar input of 60v at 15A so four 100w panels in parallel will work (45.6V at 11.56A) but it won't work in series because volts (22.8x4) will be way over the max 60V. Am I understanding correctly? Thanks!

[@spiritfilled2013]

Could I run (2) 110 w panels and (1) 220 w together?

[@carlsutherland3730]

Is it ok to use dielectric grease on the connections? I know from experience that dielectric grease helps with weather.

[@zenniz1992]

The connector are weather proofed rated. When connected, it is IP68.

[@larrymiller7128]

Right now, I'm running 8 320w panels to my 6kw inverter 4 in series n 4 in parallel.. can add 8 more 450w all in parallel in the same inverter through the combiner box?

[@mz8755]

Great video - put some affiliation links there so we can support you. For the parallel kit what's the official name (so i can look it up). Thanks

[@alittlehouseinlancashire6347]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@awa2827]

Hi thank you for your helpful videos. I have a question about my solar system. I had 12v solar system with 10-180 watts panels and 2 lead acid batteries 12v/200amp connected parallel. I have them about 5 years and last month I bought 2 lithium batteries 230 amp each. When I connected new batteries, my inverter would turn on and off automatically every few minutes when there is less or no load connected to the system. I have 5000 watts Giandel inverter. I thought my inverter had a problem so I bought another inverter. This time I bought a 24v 5000 watt inverter and switched my solar panels to series. And I still have the same problem. I searched online but could not find any helpful information. Will you please help me out with this issue? Thank you so much.

[@ЮрійФедорович-у8д]

I just need to see how MC4 connectors work on solar panels. great stuff.

[@lferlance]

Hi. I have a 40 volt Ac/Dc solar pump my panels are 25 x 2. Can I make 40 volts in series?

[@spaz2064]

Best video this helped along thank you

[@offgridstores]

Thank you!

[@sachinchauh]

How do I connect my 04 no 170w solar panel of voc 23v each to my solar Invertor of voc 35-55v.

[@HydroCronus]

This is much appreciated. I have a bluetti ac200 max that can stand VOC 145 and 15 amps. If I have 4 solar panels that are 38 vocs each and 8.8 amps each, im better off just doing 3 in series right? Because if I do them in parallel its still over the allowable current for my generator it seems. And if I do all 4 in series its over the voc. 3 in series seems to be the middle ground even though its over the amperage, would that be okay?

[@offgridstores]

You can go over the max Amps but not the max voltage.

[@davi75668]

Do I need fuses if i'm doing 4 100W panels in 2S2P?

[@conceptbran]

I have 3 x 400 watts panels which l want to make an array of 1200 watts connected in series, is that possible?

[@faronsquare4911]

Do I need to install a fuse in line to rv battery in series

[@debeswarkakoti5895]

kindly suggest me how to connect 4nos. of 400 watts 24 volt, 50 voc monoperk panels to get optimum voltage (say 100 or more volt and best possible current.

[@Electronzap]

Good info.

[@emr7956]

Pretty cool video thank you

[@Kaioshin100]

I have 7 panels connected at 575 watts in series - 330 volts to inverter 4.2kw Daxtromn. Not connected to mains or batteries Can I add another one but in parallel? Because I get a maximum of 7.3 amps and the panels label say 13.60max At 2 kilowatt load, the inverter restarts, and I should have 3.5 kilowatts at 35 degrees of sun?

[@femibikobiko363]

Which one is the best connection series or parallel

[@dailyjaytime3934]

I have 30 400watt panels I want to setup without using a bunch of micro inverters or using more than 3 large inverters trying to figure out how to run that without going over my voltage there 48v n 8.33amp

[@ghostpepperrides4805]

Well done. Thank you

[@khaleddhr6238]

i had 21 solar panels and one solar panel equal 250w and every tree solar panels connecting in series and seven group in parallel and want to connect all 21 solar panels in series with changeover switches and using parallel again after some time in sun day ,how to do that please? because i do not want to buy another panels. 21 solar panels 7 group parallel for two inverter for home and 21 in series for vfd drive for submersible pump 3hp 2.2kw single phase ac.

[@stefosk3511]

ampers are more important then volts, of course depends on configuration , but i take your video to learn thx

[@stefosk3511]

volts are just nothing ahm is imorptant more ampers qicukli load, ;)am/h its how much energie have the batery this why goood batteries have more amp

[@NerdThingsAndMore]

Thnaks for the info.

[@Pera-Peric]

*Whar is better more ampere or voltage ?*

[@ToddM452]

How much is too large for your controller. Can I use a 20 or 30 amp controller for possible future expansion if I really only need a 10amp controller starting out?

[@abdillahibasheabdi4904]

it is always better to give space if your system is 10amps then use 20 amps charger co troler

[@NickVarn]

Thank you for this. I’m electricity illiterate. Which of these two configurations would charge my Delta Max faster?

[@offgridstores]

Depends on your panels.

[@NickVarn]

@@offgridstores I have a 160 portable panel from eco flow. I want to get another one to charge my Delta Max faster. How should I hook up two, 160W panels to charge the generator faster?

[@offgridstores]

You can wire them in series in this case and you will be fine. Also we have them on our website for cheaper than EcoFlow until the end of January. Here's the link: offgridstores.com/products/ecoflow-160w-portable-foldable-generator-solar-panel-efsolar160w

[@Renofirefly30]

Great video

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[@reedoburrito7456]

Thanks for this video

[@merkel2750]

Would 91.2 volts leave enough room for a cold morning voltage spike?

[@roseymalino9855]

So it seems whether to wire panels in series or parallel, one should first know whether the units can be wired in series or should be wired in parallel.

[@9jmorrison]

great one handed manipulations

[@lorenzo9468]

Thank you! So many confusing videos out making things complicated when they really are not. Great job!

[@Carbodon69]

Let see if you can help me in my project Or some one on this chat I buy 5KW 48V Solar Hybrid Inverter 120V/24OV Split Phase 100A MPPT Charge PV OUTPUT: Max. Power 5000W Max. Charge Current 100A PV INTPUT: Max. Power 5000W Max. Open Voltage 500V MPPT Input Voltage Range 120~450Vdc Max. Input Current 22A I have 12 solar panels of 310watts 44v each panel. This is enough to feed this inverter?? And how I connect this panels ? All in parallel or how many panels in serie and then in parallel ?? Please 🙏 really need help thanks

[@WetbackNoSetback]

My panels dont have connectors like that, it has clamps i was looking for a how wire not connect

[@l4boss]

My 2 panels are 230w each, that would be a total of 460w. i have 3 12v batteries that is 220amh total. How would I wire it up? I'm confused... My system is running my campervan that's 12v

[@chadwickposey7806]

The output voltage and input voltage are controlled by a charge controller. The controller’s limits are what are important

[@MusicVidsLife]

So parallel increases the amps and series increases the volts But it increases the water both too?

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