I will also share a few tips you need to know along the way.
Solar panel how to connect.
Connecting solar panels in series.
Connecting a solar panel to a 12 volt battery is not a hard thing to do.
Connect the solar panels either directly to a power inverter and then connect it to the home grid or connect the inverter to the battery and then to the home power grid.
In this article i will explain how to connect a solar panel to a battery step by step.
A 12v solar panel is comparatively perfect and a common choice to charge a deep cycle battery.
Home solar panels and the grid.
How to connect a solar panel to a 12 volt battery.
Every panel on your roof uses direct current dc and your home power uses alternating.
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.
This power inverter converts the solar energy into energy that is consumable at home.
Solar energy is gaining popularity at an alarming rate.
For example a 110ah battery should never be connected to a panel more than 11w without a solar controller and if you are using a solar controller you do not need a blocking diode.
When a homeowner decides to add solar panels to their home in most cases they will choose to be grid connected.
The regulator regulates funny that the voltage from the solar panel and protects the battery from over voltage.
In order to get optimal charging by any solar panel you need to point the panel board to the sun directly to get maximum current possible.
If we have two solar panels with same voltage and power the connection will be very simple.
The regulator will either be mounted on the back of the solar panel or within a battery management system bms.
Never connect a solar panel directly to a battery.
This means that the home will get electricity both from its solar panels and the electric grid.
Connect battery to charge controller.
The rule of thumb when connecting solar panels directly to a battery is never connect more than c 10 watts where c is the capacity of your battery.
Solar energy is as well used to heat.
The series connection is done by wiring the positive terminal of each panel to the negative terminal of the next panel a connection similar to the ones of the christmas lights until the final panel is connected to the charge controller or inverter.
It needs a regulator between the panel and the battery.
It stops working when the sun goes down.