Solar Panel Wiring vs Volts and Amps
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2020
- The amps and volts of a solar panel array can be affected by how the individual solar panels are wired together. This video is going to teach you how the wiring of a solar panel array affects it's voltage and amperage. The key takeaway to know is that 'Solar Panels in Series Adds their volts together' and 'Solar Panels wired in Parallel adds their amps together.'
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@@EXPLORISTlife is 80volts dc 15watts more energy than 20volts dc 15watts?
@@EXPLORISTlife hello could you help me with the wiring of my pv array
@@boomblastjeno5226 For sure! That's what this video teaches you. Or perhaps you should just choose from the arrays we've already designed.
Ok I have six 270watt 24v panels voc is 38.55v the lsc is 9.10 vmp is 31.47v the lmp is 8.58a max system voltage 1000vdc max system fuse is 15a my inverter is a mppt 5000w 48v the max pv array is 145vdc could you please send me a diagram of how to wire these panels the proper way please thank you
Thank you - great informative video series. Maybe discuss the affect of the sun shading when hits the panels in "series" vs. "parallel" and then vs. "series/parallel" setups?
Series together with MPPT will often be the ultimate winner
Thanks Nate! I enjoy your you repeat the info (I.e. V times A equals W) each time you go through a schematic. This helps me memorize!
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I had my panels in parallel. Changing them into series-parallel really increased the amps into the batteries. My voltage into the charge controller was too low. Increasing the volts increased my amps. Thanks a ton for these very useful videos!
Gosh it's my first time trying to figure it out it's so confusing I don't think I'm ever going to be able to figure it out and I need to so bad they cut my power off and I'm trying to figure out how to make this work
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This video really helped, seems so simple now. Basically add series that then run in parallel so the amps arent wildly high. Really helpful
I love ur way of explaining the dif panel configurations my question is when looking at the back of my 4 240w 37.2v panels i see 4 dif amp ratings im trying to figure out witch amp rating to go by 1. Maximum Power Current 7.89amps 2. Short Circuit Current 8.73amps 3.Maximum Serious Fuse 15amps 4. Minimum Bypass Diode 15amps when wiring witch amp rating u referring to ? thanks
240 ÷by 37.2 equals one of the numbers in the panel
What about a 3 way y split?
I was hoping you would address the function of the MPPT charge controller in how it coverts the surplus Volts into Amps and what the math is or how efficient the conversion is. Also, how the panels function when one panel is in shade and how that effects the output in V and A in Series vs Parallel.
Those are coming up in their own specific video. Stay tuned. :)
@@EXPLORISTlife, I am very interested in this as well. No one has covered this info that I have found. Any update on the time frame for the video? Thanks so much
@@EXPLORISTlife
I hope u also cover the difference in theory & practice of series/parallel...
ie. Parallel = higher current = more losses (so less efficient)
(& more expensive charge controller)
also fatter wire = higher cost..!
U should have mentioned it in this video as well...
Otherwise it's the best I've seen on this topic...
Awesome.... the clarification and how you slowly break things down into parts, which then allow folks to truly comprehend the information, to then apply it, is wonderful..
No problem. Happy to help!
Clearest video on the internet about this, clearer than the Will Prowse guy. Thank you
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Great videos. Which configuration would charge a battery fastest? For example, does wiring it with higher voltage but less amps result in slower charging due to lower amps, or does the higher voltage increase the speed of charging?
Basis what I have, connecting in series would charge the battery quick than connecting the panels in parallel, but make sure the your mppt is capable of handling
It depends on your pv charge controller (pwm vs mppt)
The only confusing thing about all of this is which one is best to charge your batteries? When living in the van, you’re using amps, and concerned with how many AH your bank has. Do you want to push the most amps into the battery, or the most volts into the battery? Nobody bothers to tell you which is actually preferred or which will charge your batteries to full faster. Could you please cover this?!
Howmuch power is pushed in the battery does not depend on the series or parallel configuration. Higher voltage (more in series) means lower Amps for fhe same total power, thus smaller gauge wires, but more expensive charge controllers as he explains. You can calculate the amount of current into the battery by the power of the solar array (as you saw in this video all configurations with 4 panels had 400W) by rhe nominal battery voltage. Cheers!
With series and mppt combo you get the max output of your panels with the added benefit of smaller wires. Higher voltage systems give you more of a return on investment. In my opinion.
@@enki2gold Higher volts could kill
@@mas-udal-hassan9277 absolutely
@matthewjswider You want more Amps for charging! You only want your volts to be slightly higher than the battery you’re charging! If you have a 12v battery, you want a max of 13-14volts and between 3-40amps for charging, 3amp is slow charge, 10 amps is fast charge, and 40amps is rapid charge. Since most solar panels produce between 12-24volts, the charge controller sorts out the power differences and turns it into 13-14volts for charging. The closer you can get your solar panels to naturally putting out 14v and 10amps the less work your charge controller has to do and more efficient your system is
This is easily the best explanation I’ve seen to date on amps and volts for connecting solar panels. Wish I watched this before I bought four 200 watt panels with each panel running 12 amps into a Ecoflow delta max that can only handle 10 amps. Thanks!
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Holy hell...this may be the most informative watts/amps/volts video I've ever seen. I'm in the process of getting solar panels setup on my backyard shed and this video helped so much at understanding the wiring.
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TH-cam suggested this video. Since I have solar panel arrays and a few solar generators, I watched it. You did a wonderful job explain series/parallel hooks up. Showing the Ohm's law math will help people internalize this concept. Thumbs up and like.
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Also it doesn’t show on the diagram but do I need a fuse for this setup? Thanks again!!
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I really liked how you explained this, but I have just learned that there is a schematic to the panels which includes max. power, max. volts, short circuit current and open circuit voltage. When you were giving your diagram at the begging, which are you using. My 100 watt panels don’t have the same numbers that you used and I understand that can be important. None of my numbers were whole numbers and the multiplication didn’t work. Thank you!!
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The information I needed in a clear understandable format. And points to my MPPT controller wanting/needing more voltage to operate more effectively. My challenge now becomes how to hook up panels in series that have the 2 pin SAE connectors. Without soldering wires or adding lots of adapters. Sure don't want to buy all new panels. Will run a scaled down experiment with a small number of adapters, testing the real world application of my series and parallel options before deciding on a final setup.
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Thankyou . This cleared up a lot. Im building a off grid house system 240 volt . In Idaho so i want to use the most panel as possible for the bad days of solar.
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This is the best solar channel I have found.. Now I know how to maximize my victron 100/50 mppt.. Running 400 watts of solar to it nowbut about to add 600 watts more to it.. Thanks so much..
Thanks! :) Keep in mind that the "50" part of the 100/50 is referring to the charge controller OUTPUT amps. Not the input amps. 1000 amps pushed into a 12V battery bank will be somewhere in the 83 amps range; so the 100/50 will be a bit underpowered for that many watts.
EXPLORIST life - DIY Campers thanks i had that mixed up.. So it looks as if i can only hook up 700 watts of panels into it. Can You run 2 charge controllers on one 8 battery 12 v bank or would it be better to split the bank and controllers and have 2 separate solar arrays? thanks
Just knowing what you've described, I'd recommend 2 charge controllers if they array warrants it feeding 1 battery bank.
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Hi Nate - I love your videos! You are my 'go to' for anything electrical in the van we're building, and we're going to use your diagrams and the Amazon links so we get exactly what we need. SUPER helpful. Thanks so much. One question: I may be using your calculator incorrectly, but I'm using 200W solar panels that have a maximum voltage output of 68.7V. When I put in all the other values in your calculator, it tells me the Amp output is 16 amps per panel. This seems high, and the specs of my panel say maximum current is 3.59 Amp per panel. Google says amps = watts/volts, so I was expecting it to be under 3 amps per panel. Why does your calculator show 16 amps (and it doesn't change if I change my Voltage, which doesn't seem right). Help!
Thank you for taking the time to help us.
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Thank you so much for what you do and for sharing I wish I had seen this video before I attempted to wire my solar array myself as I thought I was doing it right it was incorrectly wired for over a year and then suddenly last week at blew my 150 volt Flex Max 80 overcurrent I have the sense learn to rewire it correctly and it's done but now I have to figure out how to get my Flex Mac 80 repaired this video really helps cement the foundation of learning the math behind wiring thank you so very much
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Hi, Nate, I'm Noel.
Great vid series man, thanks a heap, from Australia (a very sunny place!!)
I'm wiring up a 1050Watt system (3 x 350 W) on the roof of my Toyota Coaster bus/motorhome, so it seems I have no option but to go series wiring (because of the odd number of panels... did I get that bit right?) and wear the cost of the more expensive controller unit. Aaaah well... such is life (on the road)! But think of all that free rent!!!
She'll also be running on deep frier oil. Australia's a BIIIIIIG land! And we love our fish'n'chips. Friers are cookin' from one end to the other.... and people are generous.
The go-to oil here in OZ is Cottonseed... excellent bio-fuel.
Thanks again, Nate. Very helpful, mate.
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Thank you for simplicity in your explanation. In the large parallel array, for a house installation, how would you determine the circuit breaker size before the inverter?
If you are connecting solar panels to some kind of grid-tied inverter, or something... that's a bit out of my expertise. But, if you are connecting the solar array to a charge controller like I have in all of my wiring diagrams at www.explorist.life/solarwiringdiagrams, this video should answer that question: th-cam.com/video/HOXnWXvLXko/w-d-xo.html
Well done !Informative .
Great video! I didn't place the details in consideration.your correct. Thanks.
Thanks a lot! looking forward to the next one!
Hey Alpine Maximus, No problem! Glad it helped! :)
Hey, super Neuro divergent brain here. I was super confused at first on how to calculate your volts and amps when wiring in both parallel and series at the same time.
But I realized that it’s a lot more simple than you explained it, or at least, that’s how it seems to me. Essentially, you just take the volts and amps of one singular solar panel times the number of sections that you have.
It doesn’t matter how many panels are in each section. It only matters how many sections you have. If you have 6 sections, you times the Amps and volts by 6, if you have 4, you times each of them by 4
Your videos on this subject is the best :)
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