How To Wire Solar Panels To Breaker Box

Be careful the lines above the breaker will still be on.

How to wire solar panels to breaker box.

Once you install solar panels at your home you can reduce the electrician s charges by connecting them to your house s electricity yourself. This also aligns with the maximum capacity of the charge controller selected. Step 1 install solar panels on your roof with the help of a professional or a do it yourself solar kit. Connect red and black wires to the circuit breaker and snap in place.

If possible it s also a good idea to match the total amps number of spaces and number of circuits in the breaker panel you plan on replacing. Check the electrical meter box which can be installed inside or out to determine the amperage your home needs. In this video we give you a walkthru of combiner box wiring and how it pertains to your solar install. We offer main breaker panels in a range of maximum amperages.

Tie the neutral white wire the neutral buss bar and the bare copper or green wire the ground bar. A combiner box allows you to combine multiples strings. Charge controller to battery fuse breaker. Patch the wires from your electric box and the solar panels together.

100 amp panels. A 60 amp fuse or breaker should be used in this case to protect this wire set. If you are using a power inverter for a renewable energy system at your home with either solar panels or a wind turbine it is possible to wire an inverter to a circuit breaker panel. To patch into the existing system when you disconnect the wires from the electric box strip the ends of the black and white wires and twist them together with the wires from the inverter.

An 8 awg use 2 wire set minimum from the combiner box to the charge controller in our example will suffice since it can handle 55 amps. You will need to decide which circuits you want to draw power from your solar panels.