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!!!

[@sherrystone5322]

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

[@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

[@JustJacqe]

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.

[@shonahale9081]

Awesome just a beginner and like the rest brilliant tutorials

[@mwilson772]

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

[@ChefCrys01]

Simple and easy to understand. Thanks.

[@jonas_1996]

NIce video, the best I saw so far

[@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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[@RobertBrown-mc8kj]

Wow thank you thank you thank you, at last , the best video on KZbin, very well explained, well easy to follow, well presented, video was amazing, nice one, keep it up, again thank you for the best installation video on KZbin, great big thumbs up, from Wales United Kingdom,

[@jamesamotouru5341]

Honestly am loving these. Kudos

[@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

[@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.

[@justsotactical3690]

You explain it really wells, great video thanks

[@jer5859]

Thank you for helping me understand this.

[@isdclarke]

Very helpful and clear information. Thank you!

[@jackvanbourgondien7349]

You really made this easy, Thanks

[@sesurin]

Great Video. Looking forward to trying both setups.

[@rockygrindstaff7312]

Thank you! Great video

[@emmanuelsalako7370]

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[@lucianosantucci108]

Excellent presentation- thank you. 👍

[@freda4814]

This guy reminds me of the teacher in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off that goes Anyone Anyone Anyone. Seriously though good helpful video

[@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.

[@dhexdev7417]

Loud and clear, thanks!

[@ssmarsch]

Thank you for explaining this all so well!!!

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[@mickeyrizo2071]

Great explanation. Good music.

[@alittlehouseinlancashire6347]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@BombaBlogs]

great explination! thank you so much!

[@fredacuneo5180]

Perfect. Excellent. Thanks!

[@CuriousCyclist]

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

[@faronsquare4911]

Awesome content! Thank you 👍💯

[@ЮрійФедорович-у8д]

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

[@spaz2064]

Best video this helped along thank you

[@offgridstores]

Thank you!

[@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?

[@ghostpepperrides4805]

Well done. Thank you

[@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?

[@talfineberg]

Great explanations, just what i wanted.

[@maxbiagi3091]

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

[@emr7956]

Pretty cool video thank you

[@Renofirefly30]

Great video

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[@9jmorrison]

great one handed manipulations

[@kelvinthuo]

Very educative

[@Electronzap]

Good info.

[@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 ?

[@lawmoments]

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

[@emmaohiagu6064]

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

[@desharma90]

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

[@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.

[@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?

[@faronsquare4911]

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

[@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'?

[@mikkio5371]

Nice one

[@PhantomPhixer1]

Well done!...

[@gohan3243]

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

[@chotuusian4127]

Good work

[@offgridstores]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@JV-nt9bp]

Very good 😊

[@Goody2shzToo]

Thank you!!

[@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?

[@A.I.E.S_2016]

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[@davi75668]

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

[@reedoburrito7456]

Thanks for this video

[@Cementhead48]

Thanks good explanation

[@offgridstores]

Appreciate it!

[@NerdThingsAndMore]

Thnaks for the info.

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@sachinchauh]

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

[@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

[@fifeohfarmingnstuff4416]

Thank You

[@offgridstores]

You're welcome!

[@phillipmcmillan1595]

Great video very so people can understand

[@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?

[@spiritfilled2013]

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

[@lorenzo9468]

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

[@robinmuric6304]

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

[@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?

[@fifeohfarmingnstuff4416]

Thank you..........

[@offgridstores]

You're welcome!

[@zzubuzz]

Why is it that Google says the Delta Pro can handle 11 -150 volts input and 15 Amps max current but at 0:25 you say it can only handle 100 volts and 13 amps?

[@fuzfire]

Because he's talking about Delta max not Delta Pro I'm thinking.

[@amirbazal9897]

Awesome videos thanks

[@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?

[@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 😊

[@lferlance]

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

[@Pera-Peric]

*Whar is better more ampere or voltage ?*

[@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

[@michaelcarman4875]

i just wanted to know how to hook up my renogy 400w kit. don't know what a delta is but don't have one. no answer can i find.

[@abdillahibasheabdi4904]

that is another word of charger controler i suppose

[@ErnestUgwueze-c6x]

Sir, delta max is the same ad charging controller?

[@abdillahibasheabdi4904]

hope so

[@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?

[@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

[@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.

[@conceptbran]

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

[@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 ?

[@bigjohnharvey]

Awesome!!!

[@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!