How to connect solar panels to battery bank/charge controller/inverter, Wiring diagrams


I power my workshop with solar. How to connect a battery bank 12 volt system to solar and charge controller/inverter. Check out my other video on how to weld…

25 thoughts on “How to connect solar panels to battery bank/charge controller/inverter, Wiring diagrams”

  1. Hi I have a generator producing high amps. The max amp is 60a tolerance
    for a charge controller in Singapore. Are there charge controllers in the
    US with higher ampere tolerance like 100 amps and higher??

  2. Subbed. Whereabouts in Tn are ya? I’m in Carroll County. My wife, son, and
    myself vacation in the Smokies every year. Have for a quarter century. What
    I’d give to live in the Appalachian chain….?

  3. sir i want to setup 500 watt solar panel now please tel me,if i have 500
    watt solar panel and one 100 ah battery and one charge controller,one 500
    watt inverter dc to ac than what else i need and how many watt ac may i get
    from it.because i like to use my water pump from this power.my pump is 400
    watt.?

  7. Hi mark how are those 8D batteries doing do you think they go 5 years and
    on average how far down do you discharge them.?

  9. hi mark. i have 3 40 watt solar pannels colmans connected individully to 7
    amp charge controllers not sure if i need them each connected to thier own
    controller then i connected these to a 1 set of battery clamps that came
    with the pannels then went to connect the clams to a deep cycle 12v marine
    battery i connect the red positive 1st then went to connect the negitive
    black and stopped because it was sparking if you have tome please email me
    any help you can recommend thanks kathy

    [email protected]?

  10. Hi there. I live in the middle of farm land, and no gas supply to my home
    (105 year old cottage), with all electric heating etc, my electric bills
    are rather expensive each month. So i was thinking about building this sort
    of setup and running it in my front porch. with multiple batteries in
    Parallel for extended run times per charge (5 or 6 batteries).. with a
    5000w inverter, which is plenty enough to power all my electronic items
    during the evenings when its mostly used…
    What sort of Whattage solar panel would i require to charge the batteries?
    Also, what does the whattage actually do in this case? does a higher
    whattage panel charge the batteries quicker?
    And could i like multiple solar panels together to achieve higher whattage?
    IE: 5x 100w panels to make 500w..
    Thankyou?

  11. I was thinking about buying that battery ( I think that is a heavy
    equipment battery). How does it hold up to cold??

  13. mark you are my hero but be sure it wud be harmfull to touch anything like
    this with bare hands 1:25?

  16. Mark, does the wattage of the panels have to match the wattage of the
    charge controller? im thinking of setting up a basic unit say 150watt of
    panels to run the fridge, freezer and other small load devices in the
    laundary. great videos very informative?

  20. Hi, Mark..
    Need a bit of Help please..
    I intend to build some solar Panels of around 1000 watts on my house. I
    start buying slowly solar cells and other parts to stack up with my
    expenses..
    I have some questions:
    How many AMPS my Charge Controller must be? Is 30 Amps too small for 1000
    watts solar panel? Your CC the white one, how big it is ?
    How many Watts the Inverter must be for a 1000 watts solar panel? 1200
    Watts is too small?
    and last question..
    How many batteries I need ( 12V ) for this system? 4 are enough?

    Thank you indeed..

    Chuck?

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