How To Hook Up Multiple Solar Panels Together
As clearly visible in the picture it is sufficient to wire the positive pole of one panel to the negative pole of the other and at the output we will find a doubling of the voltage.
How to hook up multiple solar panels together. There will now be 12 volts coming out of this second panel. Parallel connection of two identical solar panels. With this being a 6 volt panel and we need 24 volts we need to increase the voltage. If you however need to get higher current you should connect your panels in parallel.
You connect solar panels in series when you want to get a higher voltage. 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. If we have two solar panels with same voltage and power the connection will be very simple. To wire two or more solar panels and batteries in parallel simply connect the positive terminal of solar panel or battery to the positive terminal of solar panel or battery and vise versa respectively as shown in the fig below.
Considering the example in the figure two 5a 12v panels wired in series produce a voltage of 24v and a current of 5a.