You have two different higher voltage solar panels i e one 100w 24v and one 200w 24v that you want to connect to the already working 12 v solar power system comprising the two 12v 50 w solar panels connected in parallel from the previous scenario see the picture above.
Wiring 12v solar panels 24v.
Since each panel is 12v and the battery bank you want to charge is 12v then you need to parallel your system to keep the voltage the same.
The 120v or 230v ac load is connected through inverter.
The following wiring diagram shows that two 12v 6 or 24v 10a 120w solar panels are connected in series which are further connected to the two 24v 6 or 24v 100ah parallel connected batteries through solar charge controller and inverter.
Wiring pv panels batteries in series parallel combo for 24v system.
You can get much bigger inverters on 24v or 48v than 12v.
Wiring pv panel to charge controller 12v battery 12vdc load.
In this simple solar panel wiring tutorial we will show how to connect a solar panel to the solar charge controller battery and direct dc load according to the rating.
Let s look at a numerical example.
There are a number advantages in opting for a higher dc supply voltage.
0 5v line drop at 12v 4 6 supply drop whereas 0 25 v line drop at 24v 1 04 drop.
The following simple wiring shows that four 12v solar panels and 12v 100ah batteries are connected in series parallel combination.
The most common is the 12v system.
The next solar power wiring diagram arrangement we ll look at consists of thirty two solar panels and a battery bank with thirty two batteries in it using 4 groups of 8 panels batteries.
The following wiring diagram shows that the two 12v 10a 120w solar panels connected in parallel will charge the two 12v 100ah parallel connected batteries as well as power up the ac load through batteries and inverter during the day in normal sunshine.
This way we get the desired 12v 24v or 48vdc system.
Better input regulation.
The operating voltage is 18 9v and the operating current is 5 29 amps.
Pv panels and batteries are available in the range of 12 23 36v etc.
For any given load half the dc current and losses are down by.
Obviously the series connection is less common for solar panel and batteries installation as the system will only increase the level of voltage from 12vdc to 24vdc which is only applicable in a 24v inverter system.
Pv panels are connected to the batteries and dc load through a charge controller.
During shading night when there is no generating power from solar panels the battery stored energy will be used as a backup power and it.